■ Substantial amounts of revenue over the next five years will be raised from previously announced measures, such as the freezing of tax allowances and the introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy.
■ HMRC will be able to make 20% top-up payments for 2024/25 onwards in respect of contributions made by low earning individuals saving in a pension scheme under a Net Pay Arrangement.
■ From 27 October 2021, the deadline for reporting and paying CGT after selling UK residential property will increase from 30 days to 60 days after completion.
■ Businesses will benefit from several changes to the business rates regime, including the freezing of
business rates multipliers for a second year, from 1 April 2022 until 31 March 2023.
■ Income tax basis periods will be reformed so that a business’s profit or loss for a tax year will be the profit
or loss arising in the tax year itself, regardless of its accounting date.
■ Qualifying expenditure for tax relief on research and development will be extended to include data and cloud costs.
■ Alcohol duty will be restructured so that all beverages will be taxed in direct proportion to their alcohol content.
■ A new domestic air passenger duty band will cover flights within the UK at a rate of £6.50 for 2023/24. A new ultra-long-haul band will apply to flights to destinations with capitals located more than 5,500 miles from London, with an economy rate of £91.