Finance Act 2004

The Finance Act 2004^[1]
Dates
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
Citation	2004 c 12
Royal Assent	22 July 2004
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Finance Act 2004 (c 12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It prescribes changes to Excise Duties, Value Added Tax, Income Tax, Corporation Tax, and Capital Gains Tax. It enacts the 2004 Budget speech made by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

In the UK, the Chancellor delivers an annual Budget speech outlining changes in spending, tax and duty. The respective year's Finance Act is the mechanism to enact the changes.

The rules governing the various taxation methods are contained within the various taxation Acts. (For instance Capital Gains Tax Legislation is contained within Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.The Finance Act details amendments to be made to each one of these Acts.

Notable changes in the 2004 Act included changes to the taxation of UK pensions and provisions to reduce avoidance of inheritance tax.

Pensions Taxation

One of the main changes introduced by the Act was a change in the taxation of UK pensions from 6 April 2006. Prior to the change many different taxation regimes applied to pension schemes depending on the type of scheme. The changes introduced a single taxation regime.

The principle of the new regime is that a pension fund will be tax-free provided it is below the life time allowance (which was set at £1.5m for the year from 6 April 2006). A second restriction was imposed limiting the maximum annual contribution into a pension scheme.

Although the new regime is simpler, the need to provide transitional arrangements for pension scheme members whose existing entitlements exceed the new limits resulted in the actual implementation being extremely complex.

Inheritance tax

The Act also introduced an income tax regime known as pre-owned asset tax which aims to reduce the use of common methods of inheritance tax avoidance.^[2]

Section 4

The Finance Act 2004 (Duty Stamps) (Appointed Day) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/201 (C. 3) was made under sections 4(5) and (6).

Section 18

The Finance Act 2004, Section 18 (Appointed Day) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2356 (C. 98)) was made under section 18(4).

Section 19

The Finance Act 2004, section 19(1) and Schedule 2, (Appointed Day) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1934 (C. 82)) was made under section 19(2)(b).

Section 22

The Finance Act 2004, section 22(2), (Appointed Day) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3104 (C. 129)) was made under section 22(6).

Section 53

The Finance Act 2004, Section 53 (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3268 (C. 147)) was made under section 53(6).

Section 85

The Finance Act 2004, Section 85, (Commencement) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1945 (C. 86)) was made under section 85(2).

Section 141

The Finance Act 2004, Section 141 (Appointed Day) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/123 (C. 6)) was made under sections 141(6) and (7).

Section 291

The Finance Act 2004, section 291, (Appointed Day) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1942 (C. 84)) was made under section 291(4).

Section 294

The Finance Act 2004, Section 294 (Appointed Day) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2571 (C. 109)) was made under sections 294(4) to (6).

References

↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 328 of this Act.
↑ REV BN 40: Tax Treatment Of Pre-Owned Assets

External links

Text of the Finance Act 2004 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database

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