2020-21—Budget and Finance Bill

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This subtopic draws together content on the fiscal events throughout the tax year 2020-21 starting with the publication of draft provisions for Finance Bill 2020-21 on 21 July 2020 to the expected passage through parliament of the Finance Act 2021 (FA 2021). For more information on the annual Budget and Finance Bill process, see Practice Note: The Budget and Finance Bill process.

All the analysis produced in this topic will be collected in Practice Note: 2020–21—Budget and Finance Bill—Tax analysis [Archived].

Finance Act 2021

Finance Bill 2021 (FB 2021) (officially known as the Finance (No 2) Bill, because it is the second Finance Bill of the 2019–21 Parliamentary session, and also known as Finance Bill 2020-21) was published on 11 March 2021. FB 2021 received Royal Assent on 10 June 2020 and has become the Finance Act 2021 (FA 2021).

For an overview of the FB 2021 provisions, see News Analysis: Publication of Finance Bill 2021.

For information on the Finance Act 2021, detailing its progress

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