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Addendum to Budget Statement 2013 (P.102/2012)

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ADDENDUM

Addendum

At the conclusion of the States debate of the 2013 Draft Budget on 5 December 2012, the States had approved two amendments to the original proposition from the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Amendments Agreed

Amendment (as proposed by Deputy G.C.L. Baudains)

The effect of this amendment is to decrease the estimate of income from taxation during 2013 by £1,435,000 by not implementing the proposed 3 pence per litre increase in fuel duty.

Fifth Amendment (as proposed by the Minister for Treasury and Resources)

The effect of this amendment is to increase the estimate of income from taxation during 2013 by £395,000 by increasing the proposed increases on tobacco duty from 10% to 13.2%.

The States also approved two amendments to the Draft Income Tax (Amendment No. 41) (Jersey) Law.

Amendments Agreed

Amendment (as proposed by the Minister for Treasury and Resources)

The Draft Income Tax (Amendment No. 41) (Jersey) Law introduced a set of rules ( the distribution rules ) which seek to prevent Jersey resident individuals using Jersey companies to avoid and/or excessively defer a liability to Jersey income tax. Following the lodgement of the amendment, the Tax Policy Unit and Taxes Office held meetings with a large number of Jersey tax advisers and received a number of representations regarding the operation of the new rules. In response to these representations, a small number of changes to the distribution rules were proposed.

Second Amendment (as proposed by the Minister for Treasury and Resources)

The Draft Income Tax (Amendment No. 41) (Jersey) Law changed the tax exemption available to non-residents in receipt of distributions from Jersey companies. This further amendment ensured that this rule change applied for 2009 in order to protect tax revenues.

Summary

The approved amendments to the 2013 Budget will reduce the estimates of total taxation revenue to £613,789,000 and the total States income to £646,004,000.

The balance on the Consolidated Fund at the end of 2013 is estimated to be £18,677,000. Note:

This Addendum includes minor textual changes and updated summary tables to reflect the above amendments.

Budget Statement 2013

Figure 5.5 A comparison of typical 2012 tax and duty levels for a range of commodities: This table replaces Figure 5.5 as shown on page 34 of the Draft Budget Statement.

Jersey  France Jersey  GST  Guernsey  UK VAT  France  TVA

Duty @ 5% Duty UK Duty @ 20% Duty @ 19.6% Litre of Whisky

£10.45 £0.90 £10.31 £10.72 £2.67 £5.31 £2.89

@ 40%

Bottle of

£1.25 £0.30 £1.43 £1.90 £1.13 £0.02 £1.12 table wine

Pint of

beer/lager  £0.31 £0.16 £0.36 £0.50 £0.57 £0.06 £0.74

@ 4.5% abv

Pint of

beer/lager  £0.47 £0.19 £0.36 £0.61 £0.60 £0.07 £0.83

@ 5.5% abv

20 King Size

£3.79 £0.31 £3.29 £4.50 £1.22 £3.12 £0.74 cigarettes

Litre of

£0.43 £0.06 £0.45 £0.58 £0.22 £0.49 £0.18 Unleaded Petrol

Litre of Diesel £0.43 £0.06 £0.45 £0.58 £0.23 £0.34 £0.18

Figure 8.1 Financial implications of the 2013 Budget proposals:

This table replaces Figure 8.1 as shown on page 40 of the Draft Budget Statement.

 

Measure

Estimated 2013 Taxation Revenue

Imp ts alcohol

£19,000

Imp ts tobacco

£1,612,000

Imp ts fuel

£0

Vehicle Emission duty

£50,000

Budget measures, tightening tax compliance and reducing avoidance and reduction in bad debts

£4,965,000

Total £6,646,000

Manpower implications

The proposals within the Budget Statement 2013 will be implemented without any increase to current approved staffing levels.

Summary Table A – States Income 2013

 

MTFP MTFP Proposal

Budget Forecast (Budget)

2012 2012 2013 £'000 £'000 £'000

Income Tax

Personal Income Tax 344,000 360,000 377,000

Companies 76,000 74,000 77,000

Provision for Bad Debt (4,000) (4,000) (4,000)

416,000 430,000 450,000

Budget Measures Tightening Compliance on Tax Collection

6,646 and Reducing Avoidance

Goods and Services Tax (GST) 80,047 77,700 79,761

Impôts Duties

Imp ts Duties Spirits 4,162 4,066 4,157

Imp ts Duties Wine 6,923 6,809 7,248

Imp ts Duties Cider 914 948 1,039

Imp ts Duties Beer 5,530 5,549 5,732

Imp ts Duties Tobacco 13,609 12,642 12,392

Imp ts Duties Fuel 21,952 20,014 20,799

Removal of Imp ts Fuel Duty Rebate in Bus Contract 336

Imp ts Duties Goods (Customs) 150 150 150

Vehicle Emissions Duty (VED) 1,260 939 1,000

54,500 51,117 52,853

Stamp Duty

Stamp Duty 22,429 21,435 22,978

Stamp Duty on Share Transfer (LTT) 1,600 1,434 1,551

 

24,029 22,869 24,529

Total Taxation Revenue 574,576 581,686 613,789

Other States Income

Net Investment Income 3,960 4,060 3,721

Dividends and Returns 13,417 19,075 8,319

Planned Addition to Shareholder Returns

Jersey Financial Services Commission Fees 3,700 3,700 3,700

Returns from States Trading Operations 2,511 1,652 1,691

EUSD Retention Tax 1,500 1,500 1,500

Income Tax Penalties 1,000 1,071 1,071

Fines and Other Income 494 527 543

26,582 31,585 20,545

Island Rate Income from Parishes 11,185 11,330 11,670

Total States Income 612,343 624,601 646,004

 

Budget Statement 2013

 

Summary Table E – Consolidated Fund Forecast for 2013

Original MTFP MTFP Actual budget Forecast Forecast

2011 2012 2012 2013 £'000 Consolidated fund £'000 £'000 £'000

40,625 Opening balance 24,770 47,166 32,738

Proposed Capital Expenditure Allocation

(27,000)

Housing Schemes

Other Fund Adjustments Return of Housing Capital

Other Fund Adjustments Allocation to to Capital Programme

Repayment of JT Preference Dividends 20,000

Other Fund Adjustments -

(8,500) Allocation to Capital Programme

Other Fund Adjustments -

(5,000)

Allocation to Innovation Fund

Other Fund Adjustment -

7,000 (7,000) Earmarked Carry Forward from 2012 to Fund Capital

Other Fund Adjustment -

3,300 Earmarked Carry Forward from 2013 to Fund Capital

Other Fund Adjustment -

(2,274) (1,528) Jersey Post Special Dividend 2012 to Fund Capital

26,835 Other Fund Adjustments 2,032

(24,838) Forecast Surplus/Deficit for the year (19,412) (7,154) 707 Impact of Budget Amendment (1,435)

Impact of Treasury and Resources Budget

395 Amendment

46,000 Transfer from/(to) the Stabilisation Fund

(41,456) Carry forward expenditure to 2012

Estimated Consolidated Fund Balance

47,166 Central scenario 7,390 32,738 18,677