Economic Report 2017

Figure 31: Government Revenues from Oil and Gas Production Taxes

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Facilitating Access to Decommissioning Tax Relief &urther adũustments to the Ĩiscal regime are still reƋuired to encourage caƉital inǀestment oǀer the longer term, as is clear Ĩrom the measures announced in the 2017 ^Ɖring udget͘ ^ƉeciĨically, the industry needs a mechanism to transĨer tadž history as Ɖart oĨ the sale oĨ oil and gas assets on the UK ^, so that a ďuyer can still oďtain Ĩull relieĨ for de com m issioning liab ilit y at t h e e nd of t h e fie ld’ s life . T h e cur r e nt inab ilit y t o t r ansfe r t ax cap acit y associat e d w it h an asse t fr om a se lle r t o t h e b uy e r h as b e e n a b ar r ie r t o inv e st m e nt in t h e UKC S. T h is is b e cause of t h e tadžͲďased ͚ǀalue gaƉ͛ that arises Ĩrom misalignment in asset ǀaluation ďetǁeen a seller ǁith a long tadž history and acce ss t o full t ax r e lie f on de com m issioning and a b uy e r w it h no such t ax h ist or y . T h e r e sult of t h is de al b ar r ie r is t h at lat e - life asse t s ar e le ss like ly t o b e sold t o ne w op e r at or s w h o b r ing fr e sh inv e st m e nt and b usine ss m ode ls t o t ur n non- cor e int o cor e asse t s. Indust r y h as b e e n w or king collab or at iv e ly w it h H M T r e asur y for m any y e ar s t o ide nt ify an ap p r op r iat e m e ch anism t o t r ansfe r t ax cap acit y . T h is p osit iv e e ngage m e nt is b e ing car r ie d int o t h e 2017 consult at ion on lat e - life oil and gas asse t s and t h e associat e d w or k of t h e sp e cially for m e d adv isor y p ane l of t ax e x p e r t s. If t h e gov e r nm e nt w e r e to Ɖroǀide certainty oĨ a solution in Autumn udget 2017, it ǁould encourage Ĩurther deal Ĩloǁ and Ɖromote ne w innov at iv e b usine ss m ode ls in t h e UKC S at a t im e w h e n ur ge nt ne w inv e st m e nt is ne e de d in t h e b asin. T h e E x ch e q ue r w ould b e ne fit fr om cash - flow adv ant age s due t o de fe r r e d de com m issioning and t h e b r oade r gain associat e d w it h fr e sh inv e st m e nt and act iv it y .

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