HMRC Impact Assessments (IAs) 2006

These are IAs for changes that will require legislation. Consultation stage IAs are published with draft regulatory proposals and formal consultations to assist public debate, and final proposal/implementation stage IAs are published when new legislation is laid or a significant operational change is made.

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Consultation Stage Impact Assessments

Consultation Stage Impact Assessments (previously known as Partial RIAs)

Issue date

Ensuring compliance with the tax avoidance disclosure regime - this link takes you to the Consultation Document which includes the RIA at Appendix A page 14

December 06

HMRC and the Taxpayer: Modernising Powers, Deterrents and Safeguards: A New Approach to Penalties for Incorrect returns - this link takes you to the Consultation Document which includes the RIA at Annex D on pages 67-76

December 06

Tackling Managed Service Companies (PDF 453K) - this link takes you to the Consultation Document which includes the RIA at Annex D page 59

December 06

General Insurers reserves (PDF 79K)

December 06

Tax Relief for Pensions – 2006 Pre-Budget Report Reforms (PDF 102K)

December 06

Individual Savings Accounts: proposed reforms (PDF 290K) - this link takes you to the Consultation Document which includes the RIA at Annex A page 9

December 06

VAT: Transfer of Going Concern - Retention of Records (PDF 43K)

December 06

Aligning Filing Dates for Companies (PDF 562K) - this link takes you to the Summary of Responses which includes the RIA at Appendix 2 page 16

December 06

Technical Note and Draft Tax Clauses about changes to UK tax law that will give UK companies certainty if they wish to engage in certain cross border transactions - this link takes you to the consultation document which includes the RIA at Appendix A.

November 06

UK Investment Manager Exemption: Draft Rewrite of Statement of Practice 1/01

October 06

Criminal Investigation Powers - A Technical Consultation Document - this link takes you to the consultation document which includes the RIA at annex F page 44

August 06

Hydrocarbon oil duty: Changes to Excepted Vehicle Schedule (PDF 64K) - considers the impact of changes to the Schedule of vehicles legally entitled to use rebated gas oil (red diesel). (Full published December 06)

May 06

Tackling Tax Avoidance Schemes (PDF 86K) - considers the impact of modifying and extending the rules requiring disclosure of information to HMRC about certain tax avoidance schemes

April 06

Modernising Powers, Deterrents and Safeguards: The developing programme of work - this link takes you to the consultation document which includes the RIA at annex E page 39

March 06

Modernising Tax Relief for Business Expenditure on Cars (PDF 97K) – considers the options for modernising the tax treatment of cars bought for business purposes.

March 06

Hydrocarbon Oils Duty - Expiry of Derogation - considers the impact of charging the full rate of excise duty on diesel used to power private pleasure boats.

March 06

Increasing use of Online Services – considers the impact of plans to maximise customer take-up of the online services offered by HMRC, in order to provide a better and more cost effective service for customers.

March 06

Tax law Rewrite Project: Draft Income Tax Bill (PDF 196K) – relates to the third income tax rewrite Bill and considers the full range of potential impacts across business, the public sector, voluntary groups and other groups. ( Full published December 06)

February 06

Full Regulatory Impact Assessments

Final Proposal/Implementation Stage Impact Assessments (previously known as Full Regulatory Impact Assessments)

Issue date

Tax law Rewrite: Income Tax Bill (PDF 141K) – relates to the third income tax rewrite Bill and considers the full range of potential impacts across business, the public sector, voluntary groups and other groups.

December 06

Hydrocarbon oil duty: Changes to Excepted Vehicle Schedule (PDF 70K) - The purpose of this measure is to restore clarity and consistency to the schedule of excepted vehicles entitled to use rebated gas oil (“red diesel”).

December 06

Revised VAT application form. (VAT 1) (PDF 54K)

October 06

Tackling Tax Avoidance:extension of the disclosure regime to the whole of IT, CT and CGT (PDF 101K) - considers the costs and benefits of modifying and extending the rules requiring disclosure of information to HMRC about certain tax schemes (“the disclosure regime”).”

June 06

Exemptions for Computers & Mobile Phones - this RIA looks at refocusing the two exemptions more effectively in order to target the resource available.

April 06

Deregulation and Simplification of Alcohol Drinks Sector Legislation (PDF 49K) - considers the impact of repealing/reducing the stringency of requirements of some out-dated, obsolete and unnecessarily burdensome requirements imposed on the alcoholic drinks sector.

April 06

Company car tax 10% band for lower CO2 emission cars (PDF 335K) - considers the impact of incentives to encourage company car drivers to drive cars with low carbon dioxide emissions.

April 06

Gift Aid relief for companies wholly owned by one or more charities (PDF 35K) - considers the impact of changes to the distributions legislation to allow trading subsidiaries that are wholly owned by more than one charity to gift aid profits to the parent charities.

April 06

Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment No 2) Regulations 2005; Amendments of the SDLT 60 (PDF 310K) - considers the impacts of amendments to the stamp duty land tax self certificate (form SDLT 60), to accommodate a wider range of land transactions which do not require completion of a land transaction return.

March 06

Changes to the Corporation Tax Structure (PDF 114K) - considers the impact of replacing the zero per cent rate of CT and the non-corporate distribution rate with a single small companies rate.

March 06

Real Estate Investment Trusts (UK-REITs (PDF 149K) - considers the impact of reforms to the tax treatment of indirect property investment.

March 06

Reform of Film Tax Incentives - promoting the sustainable production of culturally British Films (PDF 114K) - considers the impact of new reliefs for the production of UK films.

March 06

Alternative Finance Products (PDF 121K) - considers the impact of various tax treatments on alternative methods of finance (including Shari’a compliant finance).

March 06

Changes to the North Sea Tax Regime (PDF 106K) - considers the impact of a package of changes to strike the right balance between oil producers and consumers by promoting investment and ensuring fairness for taxpayers.

March 06

Corporation Tax - Extension of Group Relief (PDF 94K) - considers the impact of the extension to the group relief legislation for companies.

March 06

North Sea Taxation - Reform of the Nominations Scheme and rules for dealing with Blended Oils (PDF 127K) - considers the impact of changes to the Nominations Scheme to reduce compliance costs and provide a tax neutral environment in which commercial decisions are taken. Note: the contact point for this policy is Ruth Bulteel.

March 06

North Sea Oil Tax Pricing Rules (PDF 107K) - to consider impacts of changes intended to provide a tax neutral environment in which commercial decisions are taken, so reducing the level of tax loss to the Exchequer. Note: the contact point for this policy is Ruth Bulteel.

March 06

Reduced Rate of VAT (5%) for Contraceptive Products – considers the impacts of reducing the price of contraceptive products, consistent with the Government's broader sexual health strategy.

March 06

VAT: Clarification of HMRC Powers to Inspect Goods – considers the impact of an amendment to the VAT Act to clarify that the power for HM Revenue and Customs officers to inspect goods for VAT purposes includes the power to mark the goods or their packaging, and to record any information relating to the goods by electronic means.

March 06

VAT: Power for HMRC to direct Individual Businesses – considers the impacts of giving HMRC the power to direct individual businesses to keep specified additional records in relation to goods, in order to combat Missing Trader Intra Community (MTIC) fraud.

March 06

VAT: Cars (Amendment) and VAT: Special Provisions (Amendment) (2) Order 2006 – this considers the impact of closing a loophole in the VAT treatment of goods sold, for the second time, by a finance company.

March 06

Simplifying the Taxation of Pensions – Update see Appendix to Regulatory Impact Assessment Simplifying the taxation of pensions March 2005 (PDF 91K) and Simplifying the taxation of Pensions for full RIA (PDF 596K)

March 06

Relief from the 40% Trust Rate of Taxation for Service Charge and Sinking Funds in the Social Housing Sector (PDF 88K) - evaluates the impact of reducing the tax on income arising from service charges (including sinking funds) held by social landlords.

March 06

Trust Modernisation (PDF 122K) - considers the impacts of modifying the income tax and capital gains tax (CGT) system for trusts, to provide greater consistency of approach between income tax and CGT in relation to the taxation of trusts.

March 06

Deregulation and Simplification Measures on SDLT (PDF 102K) - considers the impacts of a number of deregulatory and simplification measures on stamp duty land tax.

March 06

Alignment of Machine Definitions and Remove Non-Gaming Machines from Amusement Machine License Duty (AMLD) ) – considers the impacts of alignment of Machine Definitions to correspond with VAT and social legislation and the removal of Non-Gaming Machines from the AMLD Regime.

March 06

Tobacco Duty: Control of Supply Chains (PDF 98K) - considers the impacts of a package of measures to refresh the Tackling Tobacco Strategy, which is aimed at reducing the availability of genuine tobacco products to smugglers.

March 06

Leased Plant and Machinery (Leasing Reform) (PDF 137K)– considers the impacts of reforming the tax treatment of leased plant and machinery.

March 06

Abandonment of goods to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) (PDF 28K)– considers the impact of extending the circumstances in which warehouskeepers may abandon goods to HMRC as an alternative to paying duty.

March 06

VAT: Changes to the Annual Accounting Scheme (AAS) (PDF 36K)– considers the impacts of changes to the voluntary simplification scheme – the Annual Accounting scheme - to enable more small businesses to take advantage of the scheme.

March 06

Consolidation of Authorised Investment Funds (AIFs) Taxation (PDF 51K) - considers the impacts of changes to the regulations which:

  • consolidate existing tax rules for Authorised Unit Trusts (AUTs) and for Open-ended Investment Companies (OEICs)

  • update the tax rules to take account of changes introduced by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to the regulation of AIFs

  • provide for gross payment of interest distributions from AIFs to UK-resident non-taxpayers.

February 06

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