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Banks set to report stronger profits as they face prospect of tax hike
Banks are widely speculated to be a target with Mr Healey thought to be considering increasing the surcharge on profits from 3% to 8% – reversing a tax cut for the sector introduced by former Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt.
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Healey → set → Hunt
Chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan, known within the bank as Venkat, said: “We are already a bank which makes a lot of our money outside the UK so this is not a question of a financial hit to us – it’s bearable.”
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it → know → us
It came as the bank reported pre-tax profits £2.3 billion, an increase of 12% on the same quarter last year.
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bank → come → quarter
The figures came alongside the announcement that it was planning to cut 5,000 staff this year, or about 5% of its total workforce, as part of cost savings across the bank.
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it → come → bank
Venkat said deploying artificial intelligence (AI) was the “icing on the cake” of efforts to invest in technology that will make the bank more efficient.
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bank → say → technology
Lloyds Banking Group, which is the UK’s largest mortgage lender, is forecast to report a near-doubling of its third-quarter profit on Thursday.
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which → forecast → Thursday
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A consensus of analysts show the banking group reporting a pre-tax profit of £2.3 billion, up from £1.2 billion a year ago.
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group → read → billion
However, last year’s figures were impacted by a £1.95 billion provision for potential costs related the Financial Conduct Authority’s compensation scheme for drivers who were mis-sold a car loan.
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who → impact → loan
This scheme is currently on hold as it comes up against legal challenges from other lenders and consumer representatives in court.
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it → come → court
NatWest is expected to report an operating pre-tax profit of £2.2 billion, which would be flat on the previous year.
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which → expect → year
While HSBC is forecast to report a jump in earnings to a 9.7 billion dollar pre-tax profit (£7.3 billion), from 7.3 billion dollars (£5.5 billion) the year before.
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HSBC → forecast → dollars
Richard Hunter, head of markets for Interactive Investor, said increasing the bank surcharge could “reduce earnings by a possible 6%” and “decrease global competitiveness given that its rates of corporation tax are already among the highest to be found globally”.
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rates → say → highest
“It is also thought that the domestic banks, Lloyds and NatWest, could be most affected,” he said.
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he → think → ?
However, Mr Hunter said Lloyds has been building alternative sources of income such as insurance, credit cards and wealth management which could “lessen the reliance on the more traditional income streams”.
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which → say → streams
“Meanwhile NatWest is now enjoying a new lease of life,” he added, referring to recent shareholder returns and acquisitions including the £2.7 billion purchase of Evelyn Partners.
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he → enjoy → Partners
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