The Finance Act

Finance Act 2015
The full text of the Act as enacted on 26 March 2015.

Finance (No.2) Bill 2014–15
Full text of the Bill as published on 24 March 2015.

Draft clauses and explanatory notes for Finance Bill 2015
Full text of the draft Finance Bill published on 10 December 2014.

Finance Bill 2015: Measures with immediate effect
Listing of measures already announced in December 2014.

Finance Bill 2015: Measures with immediate effect in March
Listing of measures announced in Budget 2015 on 18 March 2015.

ICAEW news and commentary

The Tax Faculty provided regular news and updates on Budget and Finance Bill 2015. These included:

• Finance Act 2015
  Summary of the Act's condition on its passage on 26 March 2015.
• Budget 2015: Tax Faculty's detailed report
  The Faculty's summary of all the Budget announcements is now available
• Progress of the Taxation of Pensions Bill
  The briefing note on the Bill was updated on 10 December 2014.
• Autumn Statement and draft Finance Bill clauses
  The details
• Diverted profits tax – targeting international businesses which trade in the UK but pay little or no tax on their profits
  The UK targets multinational companies which trade in the UK without paying an appropriate amount of UK tax on the resultant profits
• Draft clauses & explanatory notes for Finance Bill 2015
  Contents page for the draft clauses, not included within the document itself.

Guides

Parliament

Finance (No.2) Act 2014–15
A dedicated page on the UK Parliament website that provides access to information on the progress of the Act with links to debates and other related business papers as they arise. Sections include:

• Bill stages
• Bill documents, including amendment papers

Finance Bill 2014: Explanatory notes
Set of explanatory notes prepared by HM Treasury to be read alongside the Bill.

HM Treasury and HMRC

Finance Bill 2015
Collection of supporting documents and information for Finance Bill 2015, including guidance on:

• diverted profits tax
• deduction of income tax at source from yearly interest, where the interest is paid on ‘qualifying private placements’.

Finance Bill 2015: Overview documents at Budget 2015
Access the updated Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates: March 2015, which confirms the measures to be included in Finance Bill 2015.

Overview of legislation in draft
A summary of the draft Finance Bill published on 10 December 2014, including a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) for each measure.

Commentary from firms and other advisers

Prior to the publication of the Bill firms produced analysis of the Budget and draft clauses for the bill, including:

• Draft Finance Bill 2015

  Published by BDO in December 2014

• Draft Finance Bill 2015 clauses

  Published by EY in December 2014

• UK Budget 2015 commentary

  Published by Deloitte in March 2015

Articles and books in the Library collection

• View a list of articles and books in our collection on the Finance Bill 2015

To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to book loans.

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–.