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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Wednesday 25 March 2015

 

Committee of the whole House

 

Proceedings

 

Finance (No. 2) Bill


 

Clauses 66 and 67 Agreed to.

 

new clause relating to value added tax

 

Ed Balls

 

Chris Leslie

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Negatived on division (Ayes 231, Noes 305)  NC1

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause

 

         

“Report on impact of value added tax

 

(1)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall, within three months of the passing of this

 

Act, publish a report on the impact of the increase in the standard rate of VAT

 

which took effect from 4 January 2011.

 

(2)    

The report must estimate the impact of the increase in the standard rate of value

 

added tax on—

 

(a)    

living standards;

 

(b)    

small businesses;

 

(c)    

the fairness of the taxation system; and

 

(d)    

economic growth.”

 


 

Ed Balls

 

Chris Leslie

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Negatived on division (Ayes 230, Noes 309)  1

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—


 
 

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, continued

 
 

“(3)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall, within three months of the passing of this

 

Act, publish a report on the impact of setting the additional rate of income tax at

 

50 per cent.

 

(4)    

The report must estimate the impact of setting the additional rate for 2015-16 at

 

45 per cent and at 50 per cent on the amount of income tax currently paid by

 

someone with a taxable income of—

 

(a)    

£150,000 per year; and

 

(b)    

£1,000,000 per year.”

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 2 to 5 Agreed to.

 

Ed Balls

 

Chris Leslie

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Cathy Jamieson

 

Negatived on division (Ayes 229, Noes 306)  2

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  6,  page  3,  line  39,  at end insert—

 

“(3)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall undertake a review, within six months of

 

the passing of this Act, of the impact of a cut of one per cent to the main rate of

 

Corporation Tax for financial year 2016, with particular reference to—

 

(a)    

the impact on businesses with fewer than 50 employees;

 

(b)    

the impact on investment by businesses with fewer than 50 employees;

 

and

 

(c)    

alternative tax measures, including non-domestic rates, which would

 

have a greater benefit for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

 

(4)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer must publish the report of the review and lay

 

the report before the House.”

 

Clauses 6 to 65 and 68 to 127 Agreed to.

 

Schedules 1 to 21 Agreed to.

 

Caroline Lucas

 

Andrew George

 

Not called  3

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  21,  page  24,  line  46,  at end insert—

 

“809EZI 

  Commencement

 

This Part shall not come into force until the Chancellor of the Exchequer has

 

published a report on the impact of including “carried interest” in the definition

 

of “management fee” in section 809EZA.”


 
 

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, continued

 
 

Caroline Lucas

 

Andrew George

 

Not called  NC2

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause

 

         

“Income tax treatment of private equity fund securities

 

(1)    

The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall, within three months of the passing of this

 

Act, publish a report on the impact of changing the income tax treatment of

 

employment-related securities where the employment relates to the operations of

 

a collective investment scheme the sole or main purpose of which is to invest in

 

unquoted shares or securities.

 

(2)    

The report mentioned in subsection (1) must in particular assess the impact of

 

treating as employment income of the employee for the tax year in which it arises

 

any sum arising in respect of such a security (being a sum not otherwise charged

 

to income tax) which (whether in connection with a disposal or otherwise)

 

directly or indirectly represents profits or gains on investments made for the

 

purposes of the scheme.

 

(3)    

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) “employment-related securities”, “the

 

employment” and “the employee” have the meanings indicated in section

 

421B(8) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 and “collective

 

investment scheme” has the meaning given in section 420(2) of the Income Tax

 

(Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.”


 
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