Introduction Background
4.The bank levy is an annual balance sheet charge based upon the chargeable equity and liabilities of all UK banks and building society groups, foreign banks and banking groups operating in the UK and UK banks in non-banking groups from 1 January 2011 onwards.
5.Bank levy is treated as if it is corporation tax, and the relevant entity or, in the case of a banking group, the “the responsible member” (see paragraph 54, Schedule 19) is required to both make a return of the bank levy (as part of its company tax return) and to pay the bank levy.
6.In determining chargeable equity and liabilities a deduction is permitted for any high quality liquid assets that are included within, or could be included within a firm’s regulatory liquid assets buffer.