Research Briefing
The Corporation Tax Bill is the fifth to be produced by the Tax Law Rewrite Project - established in December 1996 with the aim of rewriting the UK's existing primary direct tax legislation to make it clearer and easier to use. This note gives an update of the project, and a short introduction to the Bill.
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Covers development of "pension tax simplification" rules introduced by Finance Act 2004. Updated to include Pre-Budget 2008 announcement.
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The UK tax burden for 2008/09 is estimated at 35.3% of GDP and is projected to increase to 36.0% by 2013/14. In 2008/09, income tax accounted for 29% of tax receipts, with national insurance contributions accounting for 19%.
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This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Article: Pre-Budget Report 2008: public finances and tax measures]
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This Commons Library briefing paper has been archived as it no longer offers up-to-date information. However, we have published other papers which may be of interest.
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HC Research Paper 08/87 Small Business, Insolvency and Redundancy
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This note sets out the scale and nature of the problems associated with child labour and details the current action being taken to try to solve the issues.
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The Banking Bill represents part of the Government's legislative response to the ongoing banking crisis affecting the UK. It continues powers provided temporarily in the aftermath of the Northern Rock nationalisation; provides a framework for new rescue initiatives of failing bank; alters the existing regulatory structure surrounding banks and makes changes to the compensation scheme which protects depositors' deposits.
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This note provides background to the Pre-Budget Report which will be delivered on 24 November. The note covers the outlook for the economy and public finances and the measures the Government may take to boost the economy.
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This short note outlines the role of the Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Service.
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Unemployment by constituency, October 2008. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/83. This paper shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance recorded as resident in each constituency in the United Kingdom in October 2008, together with comparisons with the levels in October 2007 and October 1997. This paper also presents residence-based unemployment rates for all 646 constituencies in the United Kingdom.
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This Research Paper series summarises the main economic indicators currently available for the UK, along with comparisons with other major OECD countries for selected indicators. [Articles: Employment in financial services; Fiscal rules and the public finances]
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