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UK Finance Act (No. 2) 2017 has Received Royal Assent

20 November 2017

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Approved Changes

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United Kingdom

On 16 November 2017, the UK Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 received Royal Assent (was enacted). The Act includes a number of measures originally meant for the first Finance Act 2017, which received Royal Assent in April 2017. Two of the main Corporation Tax measures include: New rules on carried-forward tax losses, effective 1 April 2017, which removes the restriction on setting off carried-forward losses against income of the same type, but limits the offset to 50% of profits per year in excess of an annual allowance of up to GBP 5 million, as well as related anti-avoidance rules; and...