U.K. Promises World’s Most Generous Tax System for Shale
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The U.K. government plans the world’s “most generous” tax system for shale gas to encourage development of a resource that may meet national demand for almost five decades.
Britain proposed an initial tax rate on shale production income of 30 percent, compared with the current maximum 62 percent rate on oil and gas extraction, the Treasury said today in a statement.