The Finance Act 2003 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament prescribing changes to Excise Duties; Value Added Tax; Income Tax; Corporation Tax; and Capital Gains Tax. This is a list of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the years 2000 to the present Excise or Excise tax (sometimes called an excise duty) is a type of Tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to Customs duties Value added tax ( VAT) or goods and services tax ( GST) is a consumption Tax levied on value added. Corporate tax refers to a Tax levied by various jurisdictions on the Profits made by companies or associations. A capital gains tax (abbreviated CGT) is a Tax charged on Capital gains the profit realized on the sale of a non-inventory Asset that was purchased It enacts the 2003 Budget speech made by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories
In the UK, the Chancellor delivers an annual Budget speech outlining changes in spending, tax and duty. The respective year's Finance Act is the mechanism to enact the changes. In the UK, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers an annual Budget speech on Budget Day, outlining changes in spending as well as Tax and Duty
The rules governing the various taxation methods are contained within the various taxation acts. (For instance Capital Gains Tax Legilation is contained within Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992. The Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is an Act of Parliament which governs to levying of Capital gains tax in the United Kingdom The Finance Act details amendments to be made to each one of these Acts.
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT), a new tax on land transactions was introduced by the 2003 Act. In the United Kingdom, Stamp duty is a form of tax charged on instruments (that is written documents and requires a physical stamp to be attached to or impressed upon the SDLT largely replaced stamp duty from 1 December 2003. In the United Kingdom, Stamp duty is a form of tax charged on instruments (that is written documents and requires a physical stamp to be attached to or impressed upon the Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. SDLT is not a stamp duty, but a form of self-assessed transfer tax charged on "land transactions". A transfer tax is a tax on the passing of Title to Property from one person (or entity to another