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All taxes are kept under review. New evidence related to fiscal interventions such as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is considered as part of the normal Budget process. As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HMT will review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-09T07:26:58.023Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Soft Drinks: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on the soft drinks industry levy of research by Cancer Research UK linking obesity and cancer.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "273450"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136976", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136976/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The cost of designing and producing commemorative coins is met by the Royal Mint out of its own revenues, at no cost to the taxpayer.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-09T07:24:38.043Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Coinage"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse has been spent on the creation of the new 50p coin to commemorate the UK leaving the EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "273452"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136977", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136977/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Royal Mint currently employs 9 non-British full-time employees, and 1 non-British part-time employee.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-12T09:59:09.217Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Royal Mint: Foreign Nationals"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-British employees are employed (a) full time and (b) part-time by the Royal Mint.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "273453"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136299", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136299/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

HM Treasury\u2019s 2018-19 accounts recognise a provision of £357m payable to MCX Dunlin and MCX Osprey in respect of decommissioning expenditure in relation to the Dunlin cluster of fields, created as a result of Fairfield Energy defaulting on their decommissioning obligations. The decision to decommission the Dunlin cluster was a commercial decision made by Fairfield Energy, MCX Dunlin and MCX Osprey after reaching agreement with the Oil and Gas Authority that maximised economic recovery had been achieved for these assets.<\/p>

<\/p>

The provision is based on the tax relief due on the estimated remaining costs of decommissioning the defaulted fields, discounted for the time value of money.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-08T16:45:50.747Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offshore Industry: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 March 2019 on Decommissioning Relief Deeds, HCWS1435, what the name is of the oil company that defaulted on its decommissioning obligations causing the Government to make two payments totaling £45.4 million in 2017-18; what the circumstances were of that default; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidential basis for calculating the provision of £357.1 million for future defaults.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "272255"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134150", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134150/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The current forecast for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy is published in the Office for Budget Responsibility\u2019s March 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The 2019-20 figure is currently estimated at £344m. The publication tables can be found on the OBR\u2019s website: https://cdn.obr.uk/Fiscal_charts_and_tables_March_2019.xlsx<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-02T13:22:14.38Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Soft Drinks: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry levy is for financial year 2019-20.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "268572"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020236", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020236/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

T<\/strong>ransferable tax history is forecast to increase tax receipts from oil and gas production by £65m between tax years 2018-19 and 2023-24.<\/p>

<\/p>

It would therefore be unnecessary to set aside additional funding to implement this policy.<\/p>

<\/p>

Wider decommissioning tax relief is provided to companies undertaking decommissioning activities through deductions against current or future taxable profits and, in some situations, repayments of previously paid tax.<\/p>

<\/p>

The UK oil and gas industry is expected to pay an additional £13bn of tax over the next 5 years, net of tax repayments for decommissioning tax relief.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Government publishes OBR verified forecasts of future tax receipts for the 5 year period up to year 2023/24.<\/p>

<\/p>

Government internal projections for TTH beyond 2023/24 show it will continue to be revenue positive for the Exchequer.<\/p>

<\/p>

Para 5 (d) of Schedule 14 to the Finance Bill (No.3) 2017-19 determines the \u201cuplifted decommissioning cost estimate\u201d. This refers to the maximum possible amount of tax history that the seller can transfer to a purchaser under a transferable tax history election. It does not represent the actual tax relief that the purchaser will receive from making a claim for transferable tax history.<\/p>

<\/p>

The amount of transferable tax history that a purchaser can claim will always be limited to the activated amount of transferable tax history. The activated amount is defined as the extent by which decommissioning costs of the transferred field exceed the tracked profits of the transferred field.<\/p>

<\/p>

If a purchaser is able to make a claim for transferable tax history they cannot receive a larger repayment than the seller would have received for undertaking the same decommissioning work.<\/p>

<\/p>

The current estimate of the exchequer\u2019s liability for decommissioning costs is therefore unaffected by the introduction of transferable tax history.<\/p>

<\/p>

Government tax revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas companies over the last three years are reproduced in the table below. More details can be found in Table 11.11 in the publication \u201cStatistics of Government revenues from UK Oil and Gas production<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>

<\/p>

Tax repayments are made to ring-fenced oil and gas companies if the assessment of tax due from an earlier period is revised downwards. This can be the result of many factors, including decommissioning tax relief. Estimates of total tax relief arising from decommissioning expenditure will be published by HMRC in Estimated Costs of Tax Reliefs<\/em> in early 2019.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total tax revenues (£m)<\/p><\/td>

-2<\/p><\/td>

-350<\/p><\/td>

1,188<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740260/Table_11.11__Sept_2018_.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "199458"} , {"_value" : "199459"} , {"_value" : "199460"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-14T12:42:47.277Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offshore Industry: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has established a decommissioning fund to ensure funding for the transferable tax history policy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "199457"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020237", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020237/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

T<\/strong>ransferable tax history is forecast to increase tax receipts from oil and gas production by £65m between tax years 2018-19 and 2023-24.<\/p>

<\/p>

It would therefore be unnecessary to set aside additional funding to implement this policy.<\/p>

<\/p>

Wider decommissioning tax relief is provided to companies undertaking decommissioning activities through deductions against current or future taxable profits and, in some situations, repayments of previously paid tax.<\/p>

<\/p>

The UK oil and gas industry is expected to pay an additional £13bn of tax over the next 5 years, net of tax repayments for decommissioning tax relief.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Government publishes OBR verified forecasts of future tax receipts for the 5 year period up to year 2023/24.<\/p>

<\/p>

Government internal projections for TTH beyond 2023/24 show it will continue to be revenue positive for the Exchequer.<\/p>

<\/p>

Para 5 (d) of Schedule 14 to the Finance Bill (No.3) 2017-19 determines the \u201cuplifted decommissioning cost estimate\u201d. This refers to the maximum possible amount of tax history that the seller can transfer to a purchaser under a transferable tax history election. It does not represent the actual tax relief that the purchaser will receive from making a claim for transferable tax history.<\/p>

<\/p>

The amount of transferable tax history that a purchaser can claim will always be limited to the activated amount of transferable tax history. The activated amount is defined as the extent by which decommissioning costs of the transferred field exceed the tracked profits of the transferred field.<\/p>

<\/p>

If a purchaser is able to make a claim for transferable tax history they cannot receive a larger repayment than the seller would have received for undertaking the same decommissioning work.<\/p>

<\/p>

The current estimate of the exchequer\u2019s liability for decommissioning costs is therefore unaffected by the introduction of transferable tax history.<\/p>

<\/p>

Government tax revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas companies over the last three years are reproduced in the table below. More details can be found in Table 11.11 in the publication \u201cStatistics of Government revenues from UK Oil and Gas production<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>

<\/p>

Tax repayments are made to ring-fenced oil and gas companies if the assessment of tax due from an earlier period is revised downwards. This can be the result of many factors, including decommissioning tax relief. Estimates of total tax relief arising from decommissioning expenditure will be published by HMRC in Estimated Costs of Tax Reliefs<\/em> in early 2019.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total tax revenues (£m)<\/p><\/td>

-2<\/p><\/td>

-350<\/p><\/td>

1,188<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740260/Table_11.11__Sept_2018_.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4320", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Jenrick"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newark"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Jenrick"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "199457"} , {"_value" : "199459"} , {"_value" : "199460"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-14T12:42:47.337Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offshore Industry: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs of the transferable tax history policy in the ten years after April 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4500", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Clive Lewis"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Clive Lewis"} ], "uin" : "199458"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020238", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1020238/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

T<\/strong>ransferable tax history is forecast to increase tax receipts from oil and gas production by £65m between tax years 2018-19 and 2023-24.<\/p>

<\/p>

It would therefore be unnecessary to set aside additional funding to implement this policy.<\/p>

<\/p>

Wider decommissioning tax relief is provided to companies undertaking decommissioning activities through deductions against current or future taxable profits and, in some situations, repayments of previously paid tax.<\/p>

<\/p>

The UK oil and gas industry is expected to pay an additional £13bn of tax over the next 5 years, net of tax repayments for decommissioning tax relief.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Government publishes OBR verified forecasts of future tax receipts for the 5 year period up to year 2023/24.<\/p>

<\/p>

Government internal projections for TTH beyond 2023/24 show it will continue to be revenue positive for the Exchequer.<\/p>

<\/p>

Para 5 (d) of Schedule 14 to the Finance Bill (No.3) 2017-19 determines the \u201cuplifted decommissioning cost estimate\u201d. This refers to the maximum possible amount of tax history that the seller can transfer to a purchaser under a transferable tax history election. It does not represent the actual tax relief that the purchaser will receive from making a claim for transferable tax history.<\/p>

<\/p>

The amount of transferable tax history that a purchaser can claim will always be limited to the activated amount of transferable tax history. The activated amount is defined as the extent by which decommissioning costs of the transferred field exceed the tracked profits of the transferred field.<\/p>

<\/p>

If a purchaser is able to make a claim for transferable tax history they cannot receive a larger repayment than the seller would have received for undertaking the same decommissioning work.<\/p>

<\/p>

The current estimate of the exchequer\u2019s liability for decommissioning costs is therefore unaffected by the introduction of transferable tax history.<\/p>

<\/p>

Government tax revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas companies over the last three years are reproduced in the table below. More details can be found in Table 11.11 in the publication \u201cStatistics of Government revenues from UK Oil and Gas production<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>

<\/p>

Tax repayments are made to ring-fenced oil and gas companies if the assessment of tax due from an earlier period is revised downwards. This can be the result of many factors, including decommissioning tax relief. Estimates of total tax relief arising from decommissioning expenditure will be published by HMRC in Estimated Costs of Tax Reliefs<\/em> in early 2019.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total tax revenues (£m)<\/p><\/td>

-2<\/p><\/td>

-350<\/p><\/td>

1,188<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740260/Table_11.11__Sept_2018_.pdf<\/a><\/p>

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T<\/strong>ransferable tax history is forecast to increase tax receipts from oil and gas production by £65m between tax years 2018-19 and 2023-24.<\/p>

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It would therefore be unnecessary to set aside additional funding to implement this policy.<\/p>

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Wider decommissioning tax relief is provided to companies undertaking decommissioning activities through deductions against current or future taxable profits and, in some situations, repayments of previously paid tax.<\/p>

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The UK oil and gas industry is expected to pay an additional £13bn of tax over the next 5 years, net of tax repayments for decommissioning tax relief.<\/p>

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The Government publishes OBR verified forecasts of future tax receipts for the 5 year period up to year 2023/24.<\/p>

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Government internal projections for TTH beyond 2023/24 show it will continue to be revenue positive for the Exchequer.<\/p>

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Para 5 (d) of Schedule 14 to the Finance Bill (No.3) 2017-19 determines the \u201cuplifted decommissioning cost estimate\u201d. This refers to the maximum possible amount of tax history that the seller can transfer to a purchaser under a transferable tax history election. It does not represent the actual tax relief that the purchaser will receive from making a claim for transferable tax history.<\/p>

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The amount of transferable tax history that a purchaser can claim will always be limited to the activated amount of transferable tax history. The activated amount is defined as the extent by which decommissioning costs of the transferred field exceed the tracked profits of the transferred field.<\/p>

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If a purchaser is able to make a claim for transferable tax history they cannot receive a larger repayment than the seller would have received for undertaking the same decommissioning work.<\/p>

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The current estimate of the exchequer\u2019s liability for decommissioning costs is therefore unaffected by the introduction of transferable tax history.<\/p>

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Government tax revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas companies over the last three years are reproduced in the table below. More details can be found in Table 11.11 in the publication \u201cStatistics of Government revenues from UK Oil and Gas production<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>

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Tax repayments are made to ring-fenced oil and gas companies if the assessment of tax due from an earlier period is revised downwards. This can be the result of many factors, including decommissioning tax relief. Estimates of total tax relief arising from decommissioning expenditure will be published by HMRC in Estimated Costs of Tax Reliefs<\/em> in early 2019.<\/p>

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2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total tax revenues (£m)<\/p><\/td>

-2<\/p><\/td>

-350<\/p><\/td>

1,188<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740260/Table_11.11__Sept_2018_.pdf<\/a><\/p>

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The Government, with technical advice from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and representations from the industry via the trade body Oil and Gas UK, assesses that there will be instances when companies hoping to purchase mature fields will be in a position to extract more value from the field through investment than their current owner.<\/p>

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However, there is a barrier to these deals taking place due to the uncertainty around whether the buyer will obtain equivalent decommissioning tax relief.<\/p>

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Transferable Tax History (TTH) overcomes this uncertainty, enabling companies to complete asset deals on mature fields and allowing new investment to take place. Without TTH, transactions for mature assets are expected to be less common and the increased revenue from production is not realised.<\/p>

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More details can be found in the published policy paper, \u201cOil and gas taxation: transferable tax history and retention of decommissioning expenditure\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>

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