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  Finance (No. 2) Bill - Clause 6 - Rate of Surcharge and Surcharge Allowance - Tax on Bank Profits
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to reduce tax on bank profits. 
  
  @ MP voted no to reduce tax on bank profits. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted to reduce tax on bank profits. 
  
  MPs were considering the Finance (No. 2) Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  
  The clause in question was Clause 6[2], titled: ''Rate of surcharge and surcharge allowance''. 
  
  The clause reduced the rate of the additional tax on bank company profits from 8% to 3% and increased the amount of profits excluded from the tax from 25 to 100 million pounds. 
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3060 Parliament's webpage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/43399/documents/874 The Finance (No. 2) Bill (as introduced), 4 November 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0184/en/210184en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/part/7A/chapter/4/crossheading/the-surcharge Section 269DA of the Corporation Tax Act 2010], Legislation.gov.uk
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