Finance Act 1999 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Finance Act 1999

This provision changes a wide range of tax and duty rates, rules, and effective dates across excise, VAT, vehicle excise duty, income tax, and corporation tax.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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amendments assessments bearer instruments capital gains tax corporation tax deadlines fuel duties gaming duty group relief import relief income tax interest interest payments late filing penalties regulatory powers reliefs secrecy/disclosure stamp adjudication stamp duty stamp duty stamping tax administration transfer taxation unit trusts +2 more

Statute overview

About this statute

This provision changes a wide range of tax and duty rates, rules, and effective dates across excise, VAT, vehicle excise duty, income tax, and corporation tax. This provision makes several tax-law amendments, including time limits for adjustments and returns, group relief recovery rules, oil taxation rules, and inheritance tax gift-with-reservation rules. This provision sets penalties and interest for late, missing, or incorrect tax and stamping-related filings, and gives the Commissioners power to remit stamping penalties. This segment makes several tax and stamping changes, including rules for lending certain tax account balances to the National Loans Fund, VAT group applications, secrecy disclosures, and new stamp duty/adjudication procedures. This provision sets out stamp duty and related reliefs/exceptions for certain transfers, unit trust units, bearer instruments, and linked amendments; it also gives the Treasury regulation-making power and includes penalty rules for false particulars and unstamped transfers.