division_name: Finance Bill &#8212; Termination payments etc: amounts chargeable on employment income
motion: <p class="indent" pid="d350.2/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;when the Government find tax avoidance, we will clamp down on it.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-09-06">6 September</phrase> 2017; Vol. 628, c. 253.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d369.2/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the well-advised can often end up better off than the unadvised, as they are more able to structure their employment contract (or, indeed, their termination payment) to achieve the better tax treatment.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d369.2/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;If there is genuine evidence of the abuse of payments in lieu of notice, that needs to be acted on&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-09-06">6 September</phrase> 2017; Vol. 628, c. 206.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d369.2/13" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;often a problem area for employers and their advisers.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d372.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="d372.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 269, Noes 311.</p>