§ REPORT [23rd October]
§ Resolutions reported:
§ SPIRITS (EXCISE)
§ 1. "That no allowance shall be paid—
- (a) under Section three of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1885, in respect of plain British spirits exported from or used in, or spirits in the nature of spirits of wine exported from or used or deposited in, a customs or excise warehouse; or
- (b) under Section six of the Finance Act, 1895, in respect of spirits used for methylation which are removed from a place of methylation and exported; or
- (c) under Section one of the Revenue Act, 1906, in respect of spirits (including methylic alcohol) used by an authorised methylator or received by any person for use in any art or manufacture under Section eight of the Finance Act, 1902; or
- (d) under Section three of the Revenue Act, 1906, in respect of spirits of wine exported direct from the premises of a person licensed to rectify or compound spirits;
§ MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLES (CHARGE OF EXCISE DUTY BY REFERENCE TO CYLINDER CAPACITY INSTEAD OF HORSE-POWER).
§ 2. "That—
- (a) the duty of excise in respect of a mechanically propelled vehicle, being a vehicle which derives its motive power wholly from an internal combustion engine worked by a cylinder or cylinders and which is chargeable with such duty under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1920, by reference to its horse-power, shall, in the case of such a vehicle registered under the Roads Act, 1920, for the first time on or after such date as may be fixed by order of the Treasury, be charged by reference to the cylinder capacity of the vehicle, calculated in accordance with regulations made by the Minister of War Transport, instead of by reference to its horse-power;
- (b) for the purposes of this Resolution a unit of cylinder capacity shall be one hundred cubic centimetres;
- (c) the duty to be charged in respect of such a vehicle so registered shall be charged at a rate for each unit or part of a unit of cylinder capacity equal to four-fifths of the rate fixed by the said paragraph 6 for each unit or part of a unit of horse-power, so however that, in a case in which duty so charged would be less than duty charged at the rate fixed by the said paragraph 6 for a vehicle not exceeding six horse-power, the rate of the duty in respect of the vehicle shall be the last-mentioned rate;
- (d) it is expedient to extend references to horse-power in the Finance Act, 1920, and other enactments so as to include references to cylinder capacity."
§ PURCHASE TAX
- 3. "That, as from the twenty-fourth day of October, nineteen hundred and forty-five, purchase tax shall cease to be chargeable in respect of goods of the classes specified in the Table set out at the end of this Resolution, subject to any subsequent order under Section twenty of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1940.
§ Table
- (1) Domestic cooking, space heating and water heating appliances of the following descriptions, namely,— stoves, grates, ranges and fireplaces; boiling rings, grillers and hot-plates; radiators and convectors; instantaneous water heaters, immersion water heaters and storage water heaters; wash boilers and wash coppers.
- (2) Parts of such stoves, grates, ranges and fireplaces as aforesaid.
- (3) Domestic refrigerators."
§ HIGHER RATES OF INCOME TAX FOR 1945–46
- 4. "That income tax for the year 1945–46 shall be charged at rates exceeding the standard rate in the case of individuals whose total incomes exceed two thousand pounds, and those rates shall be rates in the pound which respectively exceed the standard rate for that year by the amounts specified in the second column of the Table in Subsection (1) of Section seven of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1940."
§ TAX FREE PAYMENTS
- 5. "That Section twenty-five of the Finance Act, 1941 (which contains provisions as to certain tax-free annuities, etc., applicable only when the standard rate is ten shillings in the pound) shall be applied, with modifications, to all years for which the standard rate of income tax exceeds five shillings and sixpence in the pound."
§ APPOINTED DAY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES
- 6. "That the appointed day for the purposes of the Income Tax Act, 1945, and Part IV of the Finance Act, 1944, shall be the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-six."
§ Income Tax on Excess Profits Tax Refunds
- 7. "That income tax for the year 1946–47 shall be charged on the full amount of all sums repaid, at whatever date, under Section twenty-eight of the Finance Act, 1941 (which provides for the repayment after the war of certain excess profits tax), and those sums shall be treated as income for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts."
§ CHARGES TN CONNECTION WITH REDUNDANCY SCHEMES
- 8. "That, subject to the provisions of any Act of the present Session making further provision in connection with finance—
- (a) sums received under schemes certified by the Board of Trade under Section twenty-five of the Finance Act, 1935, or under schemes for the elimination or reduction of redundant works, machinery or plant, or for other similar purposes, to which effect is given by or under any Act (whether passed before or after the passing of this Resolution) shall be treated for the purposes of income tax as if they were trading receipts;
- (b) where any sums so received are not so treated, contributions paid under the scheme shall, to a corresponding extent, not be allowed to be deducted in computing profits,
- (c) where a contribution paid under any such scheme as aforesaid is allowed to be deducted in computing profits and the whole or part thereof is subsequently repaid, the deduction of the contribution or of so much thereof as is repaid shall be deemed to be an unauthorised deduction; and
- (d) where a certificate granted with respect to a scheme under the said Section is cancelled or a scheme to which effect is given as aforesaid comes to an end, any funds held for the purposes of the scheme shall be chargeable to Income Tax."
§ RELIEF FROM DOUBLE TAXATION
- 9. "That—
- (a) where any agreement has been made between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of any other territory which makes provision for granting relief in cases where the same income is chargeable to United Kingdom Income Tax and to the Income Tax pay able under the laws of that territory, charges to tax may be made to give effect to any provision included in the agreement or otherwise in connection with the agreement, and where the agreement is between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of a territory which is a Dominion as defined by Section twenty-seven of the Finance Act, 1920, that Section shall cease to have effect in relation to Income Tax of that Dominion except so far as the agreement otherwise provides;
- (b) in all cases to which the said Section twenty-seven applies, the tax deductible from dividends under Rule 20 of the General Rules shall be tax at the full standard rate, and any relief given under the said section twenty-seven in respect of
438 any profits or gains represented by the dividends shall be taken into account in determining what repayments of tax are to be made to, or charges to tax made on, the persons entitled to the dividends."
§ EXCEPTIONAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCES
- 10. "That it is expedient to amend the provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to exceptional depreciation allowances, as respects all years of assessment affected by those provisions."
§ EXTENSION OF TIME FOR MAKING ASSESSMENTS IN CERTAIN CASES
- 11. "That assessments to Income Tax may be made at any time, if required in consequence of—
- (a) any alteration of the amount which falls to be taken into account in respect of Excess Profits Tax or the national defence contribution in computing the liability of any person to Income Tax; or
- (b) any determination as to whether any allowance is receivable by any person in respect of exceptional depreciation of buildings, machinery or plant, or as to the amount of any such allowance."
§ ESTATE DUTY (AGREEMENTS FOR RELIEF FROM DOUBLE DUTY)
- 12. "That where any agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of any other territory makes provision for granting relief from double taxation in relation to estate duty payable under the laws of the United Kingdom and any duty of a similar character payable under the laws of that territory—
- (a) effect shall be given to any provision included in the agreement relating to the place where any property is to be treated as being situated for estate duty purposes; and
- (b) the relief to be given under the agreement shall be in lieu of any relief under Subsection (4) of Section seven of the Finance Act, 1894, or under Section twenty of that Act, as extended by or under any other enactment."
§ EXCESS PROFITS TAX
- 13. "That the extent and incidence of Excess Profits Tax (for past and future chargeable accounting periods) shall be varied so as to give effect to amendments of the law relating—
- (a) to the computation of profits;
- (b) to the time within which assessments to Excess Profits Tax may be made;
- (c) to relief from double taxation;
- (d) to relief in respect of deficiencies of profits; and
- (e) to repayments of tax under Section twenty-eight of the Finance Act, 1941."
§ NATIONAL DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
- 14. "That the extent and incidence of the National Defence Contribution (for past and future chargeable accounting periods) shall be
439 varied so as to give effect to amendments of the law relating— - (a) to the computation of profits;
- (b) to the time within which assessments to the National Defence Contribution may be made; and
- (c) to relief from double taxation."