Finance Bill 2017-19

House of Lords – Finance Bill (all stages), Thursday 8 March

By George Crozier on 12 March 2018

It was a case of ‘blink and you’ve missed it’, as the House of Lords considered and passed the Finance Bill after a cursory debate lasting just 39 minutes on Thursday morning. For historic reasons the Lords are not allowed to amend finance bills so the only stage of the bill to see any discussion in the upper house was second reading debate.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19 – 5th and 6th sittings

By Chris Young on 16 January 2018

A live blog of the fifth and sixth public bill committee sittings of Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19, which took place on Tuesday 16 January at 9.25am and 2pm. Issues debated included double tax relief, offshore trusts, VAT and online marketplaces and landfill tax. Clauses 30-50 were passed along with a range of amendments.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19 – 3rd and 4th sittings

By Hamant Verma on 11 January 2018

A live blog of the third and fourth public bill committee sitting of Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19, which took place on Thursday 11 January at 11.30am and 2pm. Issues debated included taxation of partnerships, R&D credits and other corporation tax matters, chargeable gains and capital allowances. Clause 18-29 were passed.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19 Committee of Whole House Day Two

By George Crozier on 19 December 2017

Liveblog on the second day of committee stage debate on the Finance Bill (Tuesday December 19th), with debates on new clauses relating to the effect of the Bill on equality, and the effect of the Bill on tax avoidance and evasion.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19 Committee of Whole House Day One

By George Crozier on 18 December 2017

Liveblog on the first day of committee stage debate on the Finance Bill, with debates on clauses on the bank levy, SDLT for first time buyers and income tax treatment of armed forces’ accommodation allowances.

Finance Bill approved by MPs despite opposition objections

By Hamant Verma on 12 December 2017

MPs have given a second reading to the Finance Bill following a debate held on 11 December 2017. There was little explicit debate about tax matters, with more exchanges over infrastructure spending and productivity. There was hardly any mention of Making Tax Digital or online VAT abuse, for example. Many MPs used the debate to talk about issues specific to their constituencies.