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Tax relief for investment in North Sea gas

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The government has announced details of a tax relief to support investment in new large shallow-water gas fields in the UK Continental Shelf. The Chancellor said at Budget 2011 that he would consider the case for introducing a new category of field allowance for marginal gas fields.

The government has announced details of a tax relief to support investment in new large shallow-water gas fields in the UK Continental Shelf. The Chancellor said at Budget 2011 that he would consider the case for introducing a new category of field allowance for marginal gas fields. The new allowance will protect £500m of income from qualifying fields from the 32% supplementary charge (SC). ‘These fields will still pay 30% ring fence corporation tax on all income from the field, in addition to SC on all income not protected by the field allowance,’ HM Treasury said.

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