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HM Revenue and Customs is responsible for determining whether a company or group is eligible to elect into the UK Tonnage scheme.<\/p>
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The Department welcomes the reforms announced by HM Treasury in the Spring Budget which are resulting in renewed interest in the UK Tonnage Tax scheme.<\/p>
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The Department welcomes the reforms announced by HM Treasury in the Spring Budget which are already resulting in renewed interest in the UK Tonnage Tax scheme.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4813", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Richard Holden"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Durham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Richard Holden"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-05-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-05-15T07:40:57.75Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Tonnage Tax"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reforms to the Tonnage Tax scheme announced in the Spring Budget on employment in the maritime sector.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Easington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"} ], "uin" : "184050"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1609247", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1609247/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Information on Tonnage Tax for 2022-23 is published in HMRC\u2019s latest non-structural tax reliefs publication on the GOV.UK Website here: Non-structural tax reliefs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/em><\/a><\/p> <\/p> Estimates are not held for the costs beyond 2022-2023.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual amount of corporation tax relief that shipping groups qualifying for the Tonnage Tax will receive in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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