Finance Bill 2024–25

Finance Bill 2024–25
Text of the of the Bill as introduced on 7 November 2024, accompanied by explanatory notes, subsequent versions, amendment papers, and record of its progress through parliament.

Finance Bill 2024–25 — draft legislation and technical tax documents
Collection of draft legislation and tax information and impact notes (TIINs) for the Finance Bill 2024-25.

Draft Finance Bill 2024-25 and ICAEW responses

Draft legislation published for Finance Bill 2024-25
29 July 2024, HMRC
Draft legislation, supporting documents and tax information and impact notes (TIINs) covering proposed measures on furnished holiday lettings, Pillar 2, VAT on private school fees, and more.

ICAEW REP 67/24: Applying VAT to private school fees
13 September 2024, ICAEW
ICAEW representation responding to the Applying VAT to Private School Fees and Removing the Business Rates Charitable Rates Relief for Private Schools Technical Note published by HM Treasury on 29 July 2024. It argues that implementing the proposed legislation with effect from 1 January 2025 does not give private schools sufficient time to prepare for the change.

ICAEW REP 68/24: Furnished holiday lettings tax regime abolition
13 September 2024, ICAEW
ICAEW representation responding to the draft legislation, draft explanatory note and policy paper covering the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) tax regime abolition published by HMRC on 29 July 2024. It expresses concern that the abolition of the FHL regime creates uncertainty as to whether a short-term holiday rental business should be treated as a trade for tax purposes and whether the landlord will be considered a self-employed earner for national insurance purposes.

Autumn Budget 2024

Autumn Budget 2024
The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented her Autumn Budget 2024 to Parliament on Wednesday 30 October 2024.

ICAEW hub: Autumn Budget 2024
See ICAEW's analysis of key announcements and news.

Finance Bill 2024–25 and ICAEW responses

Finance Bill 2024–25
Published on 7 November 2024.

Tax experts have produced analysis of various aspects of the Bill. A selection of commentary resources is set out below.

Research briefing: Autumn Budget 2024 and Finance Bill 2024-25
A guide produced by the House of Commons Library, highlighting key publications and information sources relating to the Autumn Budget 2024 and Finance Bill 2024-25.

Grant Thornton Insights
Articles and guides from Grant Thornton UK, including:

• Changing taxation environment for private schools (30 July 2024)
• Reforms to non-dom taxation (7 October 2024)
• Farewell domicile – what’s next for globally mobile employees? (12 November 2024)

KPMG Tax Matters Digest
A bi-weekly newsletter covering UK tax developments with KPMG's analysis. Key commentary on the Finance Bill 2024-25 includes:

• Pillar Two: CbCR safe harbour anti-arbitrage rule draft legislation (1 August 2024)

BDO Insights
News and opinion from BDO, including:

• Tax changes for furnished holiday lets (9 August 2024)
• VAT on school fees – what you need to know (9 August 2024)

• View a list of articles and books in our collection on the Finance Bill 2024-25

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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–.