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  • UK banks taxed almost double the amount of the rest of the FTSE 100

    UK banks pay nearly double the amount of tax compared to the rest of the FTSE 100, new data has revealed. The five biggest banks paid an effective tax rate – the rate at which a corporation’s profits are taxed – of 42 per cent last year, almost twice as much as the 23 per [...]

  • The government must understand the impact of the bank surcharge before it goes any further

    The tax policy of the UK government for the banking sector has changed dramatically over the last three administrations, with very little consultation or detailed impact assessment.   Labour introduced a bankers bonus tax; the coalition focused primarily on the bank levy; and, in the summer Budget, the current Conservative government announced a slow and [...]

  • Bank surcharge could increase tax take from lenders to “far more than double” Treasury’s forecast

    Accountancy giant EY added its voice to the chorus of those speaking out against the government's new bank surcharge, warning that under the new rules the tax take from the banking sector could be double what the Treasury has forecast – and retail banks could be the ones hit hardest.  Under plans for the surcharge, [...]

  • Tesco Bank, Metro Bank and Aldermore put more pressure on Treasury over George Osborne’s new bank tax

    September 6, 2015

    The government is expected to face fresh criticism this week as politicians and City bosses step up their attacks on a new bank tax. Labour and the SNP have tabled amendments that would exempt challenger banks and building societies from having to pay an additional eight per cent of UK profits in corporation tax, the [...]

  • Chancellor George Osborne’s bank tax comes under attack from Labour and SNP

    September 6, 2015

    Small challenger banks and building societies will receive a boost if Labour and the SNP are successful in their attempt to amend Osborne's new bank tax.   In his budget this year, the chancellor announced plans to replace the increasingly unpopular bank levy with an eight per cent surcharge on profits for banks of all [...]

  • George Osborne facing pressure from UK building societies over ‘perverse’ bank surcharge

    August 19, 2015

    The Treasury is under fire from Britain’s building societies, who say that a new tax will cost them at least £630m over the next five years – and choke off £20bn worth of lending. Mortgage lenders want the government to think again. “As you would expect the sector is positively engaging with HM Treasury,” Building [...]

  • Nationwide attacks bank surcharge, accusing George Osborne of targeting building societies

    August 18, 2015

    Britain’s second largest mortgage lender has said chancellor George Osborne’s new bank tax will cost it £300m over the next five years. The move by Osborne to replace the bank levy with a surcharge will “disproportionately” hit building societies, Nationwide chief executive has Graham Beale said. Osborne announced in the July Budget that the annual [...]

  • Arbuthnot warns over higher bank tax: “This will act as a brake on challenger sector”

    July 21, 2015

    Challenger bank Arbuthnot Banking Group yesterday warned higher taxes on bank profits will hurt lending to the real economy    The firm, owner of private bank Arbuthnot Latham and half-owner of listed entity Secure Trust Bank, also called on chancellor George Osborne to calculate bank taxes on the size of their balance sheets.   The [...]

  • Chancellor George Osborne defends bank surcharge at Treasury Select Committee grilling

    July 21, 2015

    MPs of the Treasury Select Committee  have grilled chancellor George Osborne, questioning him on a variety of issues, including the new bank tax. Led by Mark Garnier, the chancellor was asked to explain his justification for replacing the bank levy with a new surcharge. At the committee hearing, Garnier said: I welcome the change of [...]

  • George Osborne set for a grilling over new bank tax

    July 20, 2015

    George Osborne is expected to face a grilling from MPs today over the new bank surcharge – set to be introduced next year – when he appears before a Treasury select committee for the first time since the Budget.   Mark Garnier, a Conservative minister on the Treasury select committee, told City A.M. that while [...]

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