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  Finance (No. 2) Bill - New Clause 1 - Review of Operation and Effectiveness of the Bank Levy
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a review of the effectiveness of the bank levy.
  @ MP voted no against a review of the effectiveness of the bank levy.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against a review of the effectiveness of the bank levy. The bank levy is an annual tax calculated as a fraction of a bank's applicable liabilities and equities.  
  
  MPs were considering the Finance Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Review of operation and effectiveness of bank levy'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) Schedule 19 to FA 2011 (bank levy) is amended as follows.
  
  :(2) After paragraph 81, insertâ
  
  :82 (1) Within six months of the passing of the Finance Act 2018, the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall undertake a review of the operation and effectiveness of the bank levy.
  
  :(2) The review shall consider in particularâ
  
  :(a) the effectiveness of the levy in reflecting risks to the financial system and the wider UK economy arising from the banking sector,
  
  :(b) the effectiveness of the levy in encouraging banks to move away from riskier funding models,
  
  :(c) the revenue effects of the changes to the levy made in Schedule 2 to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2015,
  
  :(d) the effectiveness of the anti-avoidance provisions in paragraphs 47 and 48 of this Schedule.
  
  :(3) A review shall also compare the effects of the bank levy with those of the bank payroll tax (within the meaning given by Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2010) in relation toâ
  
  :(a) revenue, and
  
  :(b) the matters specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (b).
  
  :(4) A report of the review under this paragraph shall be laid before the House of Commons within one calendar month of its completion.â
  
  The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory note:
  
  :This new clause requires the Government to carry out a review of the bank levy, including its effectiveness in relation to its stated aims, the revenue effects of the changes made in 2015 and the comparable effectiveness of the bank payroll tax.
  
  
  The bank levy was introduced by Schedule 19 of the Finance Act 2011[2]; it raises an annual tax on banks calculated as a fraction of their total applicable liabilities and equities[3].
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/finance.html Parliament's webpage on the Finance Bill 2017-19]
  * [2] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/financeno2.html Parliament's webpage on the Finance Bill 2013]
  * [3] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/11/schedule/19/enacted Schedule 19 of the Finance Act 2011 which provides for the bank levy]
  
  
  
  
  
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