Oil Companies and Banks Face UK Windfall Tax Threat
Chancellor John Healey has been presented with a plan to tax oil firms and banks further as bosses in the sectors have posted huge profits, according to reports. Healey may look to tax businesses at this year’s Budget in order to rebuild a partly-eroded £22.7bn fiscal buffer, and fill spending pledges for defence and the cost of living.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Healey may look to tax businesses at this year’s Budget in order to rebuild a partly-eroded £22.7bn fiscal buffer, and fill spending pledges for defence and the cost of living.
- Fact 2: Healey is tasked with finding £4.7bn in extra government revenue over four years to fund the defence investment plan as well as another £10bn in cuts across departments.
- Fact 3: The Resolution Foundation believes it could be as low as £8bn, which would be a narrow margin and leave public finances more exposed to shocks from higher energy prices.
- Fact 4: According to The Sunday Times, Andy Burnham has agreed to give train drivers on Avanti – the train line that connects London to Manchester – a pay rise of around 3.6 per cent.
Chancellor John Healey has been presented with a plan to tax oil firms and banks further as bosses in the sectors have posted huge profits, according to reports. Healey may look to tax businesses at this year’s Budget in order to rebuild a partly-eroded £22.7bn fiscal buffer, and fill spending pledges for defence and the cost of living.
It was reported in Bloomberg that Treasury officials believe windfall taxes on banks and oil companies could be “low hanging fruit” for increasing government receipts. The mooted plan could put City bosses on edge in the two-month run of lobbying and speculation ahead of this year’s Budget. Citigroup boss Dame Jane Fraser warned Healey against a new banking tax while industry officials at UK Finance have written to the Chancellor to warn of the risks of hitting the financial services sector.
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