The Finance Act

Finance Act 2013
The full text of the Act as enacted on 17 July 2013.

Finance Bill 2013–14
The Bill as published on 9 May 2013. A version in HTML in also available.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2012–13
The full text of the amended Bill as published on 28 March 2013. A version in HTML is also available.

Draft clauses and explanatory notes for Finance Bill 2013
Full text of the draft Finance Bill as published on 11 December 2012.

ICAEW

The Tax Faculty has published a number of comments on the Finance Bill and a compendium TAXREP 21/13 was published on 15 February 2013.

The faculty provided regular news and updates on Finance Bill and Act 2013, including:

• General Anti-Abuse Rule: The guidance is published

  News item published on 18 April 2013

• Finance Bill 2013 draft clauses: Tax Faculty submits its comments

  News item published on 18 February 2013 giving details of 17 separate TAXREPs, with links and summaries, issued by the faculty on draft clauses

• Cash basis and fixed rate expense deductions: Alternative tax system for small business is not a simplified system

  News item published on 11 February 2013

• The Autumn Statement – what to expect?

  Update published on 27 November 2012

• ICAEW writes to Exchequer Secretary about tax policy concerns

  News item published on 30 October 2012 announcing publication of briefing TAXREP 54/12

Guides

Parliament

Finance Act 2013
A dedicated page on the UK Parliament website that provides access to information on the progress of the Bill with links to debates and other related business papers as they arise. Sections include:

• Bill stages
• Bill documents

Finance Bill 2013: Explanatory notes
Set of explanatory notes prepared by HM Treasury to be read alongside the Bill.

HM Treasury

Finance Bill 2013
Information and links to relevant documents.

Overview of Legislation in Draft
A summary of the draft legislation with Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) for each measure.

HMRC

Finance Bill 2013 – Draft Clauses 11 December 2012
Background information on the Finance Bill 2013 consultation, covering:

• main tax announcements
• Overview of Legislation in Draft (OLD)
• Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs)
• Finance Bill 2013 draft clauses and explanatory notes.

Commentary from firms and other advisers

Analysis of draft clauses produced by firms, include:

• Draft 2013 Finance Bill full report

  Published by BDO in December 2012

• Autumn Statement 2012 and Finance Bill 2013

  Published by Grant Thornton in December 2012

Articles and books in the Library collection

• View a list of articles and books in our collection on the Finance Act 2013

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You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports by post, fax or email through our document supply service.

Archive

The Library holds an extensive collection of Finance Acts (from the 19th century onwards), Finance Bills (from 1951 onwards), debates on the Finance Bill as recorded in Hansard, and Standing Committee Debates on the Finance Bills. Alongside this you can also find many publications from the ICAEW and other bodies on the Finance Bills and Acts.

For full details of our holdings in this area, see our guide to Finance Acts and Bills in the Library collection.

We also maintain an online archive of links and resources for Finance Acts 1980–1995 and for Finance Acts 1996–.