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Finance Act 1998

The Finance Act 1998 received Royal Assent on 31 July 1998. On this page you can find guidance, parliamentary papers, representations and other commentary on the Act's progress through parliament.

The Finance Act

Official Report of the House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes the Finance Bill debates in the following editions:

Finance Act 1998
Full text of the Finance Act 1998, as enacted on 31 July 1998.

Official Report of the House of Lords (Hansard)
Includes the Finance (No. 2) Bill debates in the following editions:

Official Report of the House of Commons (Hansard)
Includes the Finance (No. 2) Bill debates in the following editions:

Finance (No. 2) Bill in Standing Committee E
Archive of debates in the House of Commons Standing Committee E on the Finance (No. 2) Bill between May 5th 1998 and June 23rd 1998.

Finance (No.2) Bill 1998
Full text of the Finance Bill clauses and schedules as published on 8 April 1998, which are available to download as PDF files. Explanatory notes are also available:

Articles and books in the Library collection

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Archive

The Library holds an extensive collection of Finance Acts (from the 19th century onwards), Finance Bills (from 1951 onwards), Debates on the Finance Bill as recorded in Hansard, and Standing Committee Debates on the Finance Bills (from 1968 onwards). Alongside this you can also find many publications from the ICAEW and other bodies on the Finance Acts.

We also maintain an online archive of links and resources for Finance Acts 1980–1999 and for Finance Acts 2000–2004.

See LibCat, our online catalogue, for details of our holdings of:

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