UK plans to create ‘freeports,’ cut taxes -Sunday Telegraph – ZAWYA

UK plans to create ‘freeports,’ cut taxes -Sunday Telegraph – ZAWYA

UK plans to create 'freeports,' cut taxes -Sunday Telegraph | ZAWYA MENA Edition HomeEconomyGlobalArticleUK plans to create 'freeports,' cut taxes -Sunday Telegraph Sunak will open the bidding for towns, cities and regions to become freeports    Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a ministerial statement on the summer economic update, at the House of Commons in London, Britain July 8, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS LONDON - British finance minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to introduce sweeping tax cuts and an overhaul of planning laws in up to 10 new "freeports“ within a year of the UK's becoming fully independent from the European Union in December, the Sunday Telegraph said.Sunak will open the bidding for towns, cities and regions to become freeports, which would place them outside UK customs territory, in his autumn budget later this year, the newspaper said, citing a copy of the plans it said it had seen. Sunak plans to confirm the successful bids by next spring and introduce major tax and regulatory changes in those areas at next year's budget, the Telegraph added.They include research and development tax credits, generous capital allowances, cuts to stamp duty house-purchase tax and business rates,