With the announcement of the snap General Election 2017 on 8 June, the time available for scrutinising proposed legislation was minimal, so the Finance Act was rushed through Parliament. Many clauses have not made it into the final legislation due to time constraints. These include the provisions to enable Making Tax Digital, changes for Non Domiciled individuals and corporate losses.
The clauses are likely to be reinstated after the General Election 2017, when, hopefully, there will be more time to debate the measures in greater detail. The clauses that will make it through to the Finance Act are contained in the version of the Finance Bill introduced into the House of Lords.
Anita Monteith, tax manager at ICAEW said:
‘Making Tax Digital plans remain controversial and need more scrutiny by those who will be affected, and most importantly proper parliamentary debate - a clear roadmap as to how MTD will work in practice is needed.’
‘MTD is not coming into effect until April 2018, and the announcement of the general election on 8 June 2017 provided an opportunity to withdraw these clauses and schedule from the Finance Bill which will be debated today and likely to be enacted on 27 April.’
‘These seminal clauses and schedule can be reintroduced after the election which will allow more time for proper scrutiny.’
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