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Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 23rd May 2000

STANDING COMMITTEE H


New Amendments handed in are marked thus *

FINANCE BILL
(Except Clauses 1, 12, 30, 31, 59, 102 and 113)

NOTE

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [4th May] as follows:

Clauses 2 to 6, Schedule 1, Clauses 7 to 11, Clauses 13 to 15, Clause 28, Clauses 16 and 17, Schedule 2, Clauses 18 to 22, Schedule 3, Clause 23, Schedule 4, Clause 24, Schedule 5, Clauses 25 to 27, Clause 29, Schedules 6 and 7, Clauses 32 to 47, Schedule 8, Clause 48, Schedule 9, Clauses 49 to 55, Clause 134, Clause 56, Schedule 10, Clauses 57 and 58, Schedule 11, Schedule 12, Clause 60, Schedule 13, Clause 61, Schedule 14, Clause 62, Schedules 15 and 16, Clause 63, Schedule 17, Clause 64, Schedule 18, Clauses 65 to 67, Schedule 19, Clause 68, Schedules 20 and 21, Clauses 69 to 81, Schedule 22, Clauses 82 to 86, Schedule 23, Clauses 87 to 90, Schedule 24, Clause 91, Schedules 25 and 26, Clauses 92 to 96, Schedule 27, Clause 97, Schedule 28, Clauses 98 to 101, Schedule 29, Schedule 30, Clause 103, Schedule 31, Clauses 104 to 112, Clauses 114 and 115, Schedule 32, Clause 116, Schedule 33, Clauses 117 to 127, Schedule 34, Clauses 128 to 131, Schedule 35, Clause 132, Schedule 36, Clause 133, Clauses 135 to 138, Schedule 37, Clause 139, Schedule 38, Clauses 140 to 144, Schedule 39, Clauses 145 to 149, New Clauses, New Schedules, Clauses 150 and 151, Schedule 40, Clause 152.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight

11

Clause     34,     page     21,     line     10,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2) In section 257AA(5) of the Taxes Act 1988 (which specifies the year in which the children's tax credit is to start) for "2001-02" substitute "2000-01".

    (3) In section 257AA(6) of the Taxes Act 1988 for "2002-03" substitute "2001-02".

    (4) This section has effect for the year 2000-01 and subsequent years of assessment.'.

   

Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Howard Flight
Mr Edward Davey
Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr John Burnett

65

Clause     34,     page     21,     line     10,     leave out subsection (2) and insert—

    '(2) In section 30(5) of the Finance Act 1999 (which specifies the year in which the children's tax credit is to start) for "2001-02" substitute "2000-01".

    (3) In section 30(6) of the Finance Act 1999 for "2002-03" substitute "2001-02".

    (4) This section has effect for the year 2000-01 and subsequent years of assessement.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

53

Clause     38,     page     22,     line     47,     at end insert—

      '(aa) in subsection (2), after "withheld" there shall be inserted "and the sums shall be deducted from a person's earnings for the purpose of any calculation or estimation of those earnings for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992".'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

50

Clause     39,     page     23,     line     19,     after 'gift', insert 'and the amount to be taken into account for the purposes of this paragraph in relation to the gift does not exceed £250'.

   

Mr Edward Davey
Mr Andrew Stunell
Mr John Burnett
Norman Baker

130

Clause     39,     page     24,     line     4,     at end insert—

      '(d) exclude donations from non-taxpayers from requirements for record keeping by both donors and charities.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

80

Clause     39,     page     24,     line     10,     leave out '£25' and insert '£40'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

81

Clause     39,     page     24,     line     11,     leave out '2.5' and insert '4'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

51

Clause     39,     page     25,     line     9,     leave out '(9)' and insert '(10)'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

49

Clause     39,     page     25,     line     37,     after 'exceeds', insert 'by more than £100'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

52

Clause     39,     page     26,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '(10) The receipt by a charity of a gift which is a qualifying donation or which is otherwise the payment of a sum of money by an individual shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts, in their application to the charity, as the receipt, under deduction of income tax at the basic rate of the relevant year of assessment, of an annual payment of an amount equal to the grossed up amount of the gift.'.


   

Mr Andrew Smith

128

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     7,     at end insert '(within the meaning of the Management Act)'.

   

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

108

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     8,     leave out 'section' and insert 'sections 209(2)(b) and'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

48

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     10,     after '(3F)', insert '(3G)'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

46

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     13,     after '339(3)', insert 'or the amount to be taken into account for the purposes of this paragraph in relation to the payments exceeds £250'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

47

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     14,     at end insert 'and the word "either" shall be omitted.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

82

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     20,     leave out '£25' and insert '£40'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

83

Clause     40,     page     27,     line     21,     leave out '2.5' and insert '4'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

45

Clause     40,     page     28,     line     10,     after 'payment', insert—

    '(4A) A gift for the purposes of this subsection including in the case of a close company any payment that is a qualifying donation and in the case of a non-close company any payment in consequence of which that company or a connected person receives a benefit for the relevant value of which does not exceed the limits described in subsections (3DA) to (3DD) above.'.


   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

42

Clause     43,     page     30,     line     6,     after 'disposes', insert 'subject to subsection (1A)'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

43

Clause     43,     page     30,     line     7,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Notwithstanding reference in subsection (1) to the disposal of the whole of the beneficial interest in a qualifying investment, an individual making a disposal of a qualifying investment to which subsection (1) applies may by means of a trust, contract or otherwise reserve for the individual's lifetime and the lifetime of his or her spouse the right to receive all or part of the income generated by that qualifying investment and for this purpose require the retention of that qualifying investment by the charity.

    (1B) The reservation of the right described in subsection (1A) shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 257 Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, sections 23(3) and 23(4) of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 and section 102 of the Finance Act 1986.'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

44

Clause     43,     page     31,     line     32,     at end insert—

    '"benefit" excludes any benefit reserved by an individual of the type described in sub-section (1A);'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

41

Clause     43,     page     31,     line     47,     leave out from 'securities' to end of line 48 and insert 'of a company'.

   

Mr Andrew Smith

129

Clause     43,     page     32,     line     10,     leave out '272(4)' and insert '272(5)'.

   

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr Richard Ottaway
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr Howard Flight

71

Clause     43,     page     32,     line     19,     at end insert—

    '(2A) In Part I of Schedule 20 of that Act (qualifying investments), immediately after paragraph 3A there shall be inserted—

      "3B any 'qualifying investment' as defined in section 83B.".'.


   

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

109

Clause     45,     page     33,     line     15,     after '1A' insert 'and 1B'

 
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