Tax rises under labour

Tax rises under labour

66 Tax Rises

2 July 1997
1. Mortgage tax relief cut
2. Pensions Tax
3. Health insurance tax
4. Health insurance tax again
5. Fuel tax escalator up
6. Vehicle Excise Duty up
7. Tobacco duty escalator up
8. Stamp duty up for properties over £250,000
9. Corporation tax changes
10. New windfall tax on utilities

17 March 1998
11. Married couples allowance cut
12. Tax on travel insurance up
13. Tax on casinos and gaming machines up
14. Fuel tax escalator brought forward
15. Tax on company cars up
16. Tax relief for foreign earnings abolished
17. Tax concession for certain professions abolished
18. Capital gains tax imposed on certain non-residents
19. Reinvestment relief restricted
20. Corporation tax payments brought forward
21. Higher stamp duty rates up
22. Some hydrocarbon duties up
23. Additional diesel duties
24. Landfill tax up

9 March 1999
25. National Insurance Contributions (NICs) earnings limit raised
26. NICs for self-employed up
27. Married couple's allowance abolished
28. Mortgage tax relief abolished
29. IR35: Taxation of personal services companies
30. Company car business mileage allowances restricted
31. Tobacco duty escalator brought forward
32. Insurance premium tax up
33. Vocational Training Relief abolished
34. Employer NICs extended to all benefits in kind
35. VAT on some banking services up
36. Premiums paid to tenants by landlords taxed
37. Duty on minor oils up
38. Vehicle excise duties for lorries up
39. Landfill tax escalator introduced
40. Higher rates of stamp duty up again

21 March 2000
41. Tobacco duties up
42. Higher rates of stamp duty up again
43. Extra taxation of life assurance companies
44. Rules on Controlled Foreign Companies extended

17 April 2002
45. Personal allowances frozen
46. National Insurance threshold frozen
47. NICs for employers up
48. NICs for employees up
49. NICs for self-employed up
50. North Sea taxation up
51. Tax on some alcoholic drinks up
52. New stamp duty regime
53. New rules on loan relationships

9 April 2003
54. VAT on electronically supplied services
55. IR35 applied to domestic workers
56. Betting duty change
57. Tax on red diesel and fuel oil up
58. Controlled Foreign Companies measures on Ireland
59. Vehicle excise duty up

17 March 2004
60. New 19 per cent tax rate for owner-managed businesses
61. New tax on private use of company vans
62. UK UK transfer pricing introduced
63. Increase in rate of tax on trusts
64. Increase in tax on red diesel fuel
65.Increase in tax on other road fuels (including LPG)
Every April
66. Council Tax up by an average of three times the rate of inflation every year