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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 amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 35, page 2, line 30, leave out clause 6.
  
  Clause 6 of the Bill[2][3] was titled ''Rate of surcharge and surcharge allowance''.  The clause provided for a reduction in 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. 
  
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the amendment be made.
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3060 Parliament's webpage on the Finance (No. 2) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0225/210225.pdf The Finance (No. 2) Bill (as amended in Committee), 11 January 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0184/en/210184en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 4 November 2021], Parliament.uk
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