Finance (No. 3) Bill — House of Commons, 2018-11-20
Topic: International Affairs
Eleanor Fulton Laing (Conservative, Centre-right): With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: That schedule 3 be the Third schedule to the Bill Clause 16 stand part That schedule 4 be the Fourth schedule to the Bill Clause 19 stand part Amendment 19, in clause 20, page 12, line 26, at end insert— "(8) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must, no later than six months after the passing of this Act, lay before the House of Commons a review of the effects of the changes to the controlled foreign companies regime made by this section (9) In circumstances in which the United Kingdom has left the European Union without a negotiated withdrawal agreement, the review in subsection (8) must consider the impact of this on those changes." Clause 20 stand part Clauses 21 and 22 stand part Amendment 3, in schedule 7, page 223, line 27, in schedule 7, at end insert— "(5) The Treasury shall by regulations require that a CGT exit charge payment plan be published on a public register." This amendment would require the beneficiary of a trust entering a CGT exit charge payment plan to provide information about the source of its income on a public register. Amendment 4, page 227, line 13, at end insert— "(2B) The Treasury shall by regulations prescribe a CGT exit charge payment plan be published on a public register." This amendment would require the beneficiary of a trust entering a CGT exit charge payment plan to provide information about the source of its income on a public register. That schedule 7 be the Seventh schedule to the Bill Clause 23 stand part That schedule 8 be the Eighth schedule to the Bill Clauses 46 and 47 stand part. Amendment 23, in clause 83, page 60, line 8, at end insert— "(8) No regulations made be made under this section unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer has laid before the House of Commons a report on how the powers in this section are to be exercised in each of the scenarios in subsection (9) (9) The scenarios to be considered in the report under subsection (8) are— (a) if either of a— (i) negotiated withdrawal agreement, or (ii) framework for the future relationship with the European Union have not been ratified under section 13 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act at the time of the United Kingdom ceasing to the a member of the European Union, and (b) if both of a— (i) negotiated withdrawal agreement, or (ii) framework for the future relationship with the European Union have been ratified under section 13 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act at the time of the United Kingdom ceasing to the a member of the European Union." Clause 83 stand part New clause 5—Impact analyses of the anti-avoidance provisions of this Act— "(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the impact of— (a) section 15 and Schedule 3, (b) section 16 and Schedule 4, (c) sections 19 and 20, (d) section 22 and Schedule 7, (e) section 23 and Schedule 8, (f) sections 46 and 47, and (g) section 83 of this Act in accordance with this section and lay a report of that review before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act (2) A review under this section must consider— (a) the impact of those provisions on child poverty, (b) households at different levels of income, (c) the impact of those provisions on people with protected characteristics (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010), and (d) the impact of those provisions on different parts of the United Kingdom and different regions of England (3) In this section— "parts of the United Kingdom" means— (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, and (d) Northern Ireland "regions of England" has the same meaning as that used by the Office for National Statistics." This new clause requires the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry out and publish a review of the effects of the tax avoidance provisions of the Bill on households with different levels of income, on child poverty, people with protected characteristics and on a regional basis. New clause 6—Analysis of effectiveness of provisions on tax avoidance and evasion— "(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the effectiveness of— (a) section 15 and Schedule 3, (b) section 16 and Schedule 4, (c) sections 19 and 20, (d) section 22 and Schedule 7, (e) section 23 and Schedule 8, (f) sections 46 and 47, and (g) section 83 of this Act in accordance with this section and lay a report of that review before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act (2) A review under this section must consider— (a) the effects of the provisions in reducing levels of artificial tax avoidance, (b) the effects of the provisions in combating tax evasion, and (c) estimates of the role of the provisions of this Act in reducing the tax gap in each tax year from 2019 to 2022." This new clause requires the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry out and publish a review of the effectiveness of the provisions of the Bill in tackling artificial tax avoidance and tax evasion, and in reducing the tax gap. New clause 14—Review of effectiveness of provisions on tax avoidance— "(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer must review the effectiveness of the provisions of this Act relating to tax avoidance and lay a report of that review before the House of Commons within six months of the passing of this Act (2) In this section, "the provisions of this Act relating to tax avoidance" means— (a) section 15 and Schedule 3, (b) section 16 and Schedule 4, (c) sections 19 and 20, (d) section 22 and Schedule 7, (e) section 23 and Schedule 8, (f) sections 46 and 47, (g) section 83 (3) A review under this section must consider in particular— (a) the effects of those provisions in reducing tax avoidance and evasion, (b) the effect of those provisions in inducing new tax avoidance measures unanticipated by the Act, and (c) estimates of the efficacy of the provisions in reducing the tax gap in each tax year from 2018-19 to 2028-29." This new clause would require a review of the effectiveness of provisions on tax avoidance. New clause 15—Report on consultation on certain provisions of this Act (No. 4)— "(1) No later than two months after the passing of this Act, the Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay before the House of Commons a report on the consultation undertaken on the provisions in subsection (2) (2) Those provisions are— (a) section 15 and Schedule 3, (b) section 16 and Schedule 4, (c) sections 19 and 20, (d) section 22 and Schedule 7, (e) section 23 and Schedule 8, (f) sections 46 and 47, (g) section 83 (3) A report under this section must specify in respect of each provision listed in subsection (2)— (a) whether a version of the provision was published in draft, (b) if so, whether changes were made as a result of consultation on the draft, (c) if not, the reasons why the provision was not published in draft and any consultation which took place on the proposed provision in the absence of such a draft." This amendment would require a report on consultation undertaken on certain provisions of this Act – alongside new clauses 9, 11 and 13.