Amendments proposed to the Finance Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

163

*Clause     57,     page     39,     line     38,     leave out from beginning to end of line 18 on page 43 and insert—

'Third party education and training funded by employer

    200DD (1) Section 200B above shall apply only to the procurement by the employer of work-related training where it is procured from an institution ("a qualifying institution") with whom individuals are permitted to hold qualifying accounts under section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.

    (2) To the extent not otherwise prohibited by section 200C above, any education or training provided by a qualifying institution shall be deemed to be work-related training for the purposes of section 200B.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

165

*Clause     57,     page     40,     line     41,     after 'holds', insert 'or is in the process of applying for'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

164

*Clause     57,     page     41,     line     4,     at end insert '(but for the avoidance of doubt, education and training provided to enable the employee to assume new duties carrying greater responsibility, which by his performance of his current duties he has demonstrated he would be capable of discharging after having received education or training, shall not be considered a reward for performance)'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

166

*Clause     57,     page     42,     line     24,     at end insert—

    '(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2) above, the fact that contributions to be made by the employer vary according to the levels of the remuneration of the employees, the length of their service, the nature or responsibility of their duties or similar factors shall not be regarded as meaning that they are not available on similar terms.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

168

*Schedule     11,     page     272,     line     24,     leave out 'price of the car as regards the year' and insert 'the higher of—

      (a) the amount which the car would reasonably be expected to fetch on an immediate sale by the employee in the open market, having regard to the accessories supplied with it but disregarding any equipment to enable it to be used by a chronically sick or disabled person, or to enable it to be capable of running on road fuel gas; and

      (b) the actual cost to the employer of providing the car.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

167

*Schedule     11,     page     276,     line     14,     at end insert—

'Discount to reflect business usage

    5EA. (1) The appropriate percentage produced by the application of the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule shall be multipled by the fraction given in sub-paragraph (2) below, and the product shall be the appropriate percentage to be used in calculating the benefit to the employee.

    (2) The fraction referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is

X-Y
X

    where X is the total mileage which the car travels in the year

    and Y is the mileage which the car travels on business travel (as defined in section 168(5) in the year.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Howard Flight [R]

169

*Schedule     11,     page     276,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '1A. In section 168 of the Taxes Act 1988, subsection (5)(e) shall cease to apply, and sections 168A to 168G of that Act shall cease to apply.'.


   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

38

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     13,     after 'that' insert 'having regard to the practice generally received or adopted at any time as to the manner of performance of the services for persons in the same business as the client'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

12

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '(d) but, shall not apply if the worker or intermediary works for many different clients or as a sole trader as well as under a relevant engagement.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

13

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     15,     at end insert—

      '(d) but, shall not apply where the intermediary contracts with a party other than the client such as an agency.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

39

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     15,     at end insert '(nothing in this Schedule shall be taken to alter any rule of law as to whether an individual is or would be an employee of any other person).'

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

17

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(6) A worker, working through an intermediary, on a relevant engagement shall be entitled to the same benefits from the client as any employee of the client.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

18

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(6) A worker, engaged by an intermediary, shall be entitled to unemployment benefit between contract.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

40

Schedule     12,     page     277,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(6) This Schedule applies only to a case where the Inland Revenue can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the General Commissioners that its application would not damage the flexibility of the market for the services performed by and for the client.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

14

Schedule     12,     page     279,     line     25,     leave out '5%' and insert 'a sum equal to the running costs of the intermediary.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

15

Schedule     12,     page     279,     line     40,     leave out '1900 c.l.' and insert '1990 c.l.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory [R]
Mr Howard Flight [R]

106

Schedule     12,     page     280,     line     21,     leave out from 'deduction)' to end of line 24 and insert—

      '(a) the intermediary is treated for the purpose of Step One of the calculation in paragraph 7 as receiving the amount that would have been received had no deduction been made under that section and

      (b) any tax deducted under that section from a payment for a relevant engagement may be set off against any amounts for which the intermediary would otherwise be liable under the PAYE provisions in respect of the deemed schedule E payment.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

89

Schedule     12,     page     284,     line     5,     leave out lines 5 and 6.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

90

Schedule     12,     page     285,     line     29,     after 'Schedule', insert 'and Schedule E charge generally'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

16

Schedule     12,     page     285,     line     29,     after 'woman', insert 'or a man and a man or a woman and a woman'.


   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

154

*Schedule     14,     page     308,     line     30,     leave out 'within 30 days after' and insert 'within 90 days after the end of the Company's accounting period in which occurred'.

   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

155

*Schedule     14,     page     314,     leave out lines 48 to 49.

   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

156

*Schedule     14,     page     315,     leave out lines 1 to 11.

   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

157

*Schedule     14,     page     319,     line     36,     leave out '25' and insert '20'.

   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

158

*Schedule     14,     page     319,     line     37,     leave out '75%' and insert '60%'.

   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

159

*Schedule     14,     page     319,     line     39,     after 'spend', insert 'or in fact spends'.


   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

160

*Schedule     15,     page     354,     leave out lines 8 to 10.

   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

161

*Schedule     15,     page     354,     line     12,     after 'Revenue', insert 'provided that if the Revenue shall not have responded to a request for the grant of authority within 30 days then such grant shall be deemed to have been made'.


   

Mr Nick St. Aubyn

153

*Clause     65,     page     44,     leave out lines 31 to 39 and insert—

Gains on disposals of business assets

Number of whole months in qualifying holding periodPercentage of gain chargeable
687.5
1875
3050
42 or more25

 
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