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FEES 5 Annex 1R 46194517522425252729Annual General Levy Payable in Relation to the Compulsory Jurisdiction for 2018/1930

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Introduction: annual budget

1. The annual budget for 172018/1933 approved by the FCA24 is £289.8m33.17

2. The total amount expected to be raised through the general levy in 172018/1933 will be £24.5m27. 17

Compulsory jurisdiction - general levy1653

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Industry block

Tariff base

General levy payable by firm

1-Deposit acceptors, home finance providers,14 home finance administrators 9 (excluding firms in block 14) and dormant account fund operators14

369

Number of accounts relevant to the activities in DISP 2.6.1 R9 as at 31 December

In the case of dormant account fund operators, the tariff base is the number of eligible activated accounts (8).14

8917

£0.0446633 1715 per relevant account, subject to a minimum levy of £211001

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2-Insurers - general (excluding firms in blocks 13 & 15)

Gross written premium for fees purposes (GWP) as defined in FEES 4 Annex 1AR; or31

Relevant gross written premium (RGWP) notified to the FCA under FEES 5.4.1R(1A)31

£0.06933 1715 per £211,000 of GWP or RGWP31, subject to a minimum levy of £2110033

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3-The Society (of Lloyd's)

Not applicable

£25,9892117 to be allocated by the Society

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4. Insurers - life (excluding firms in block 15)

Gross written premium for fees purposes (GWP) as defined in FEES 4 Annex 1AR; or31

Relevant gross written premium (RGWP) notified to the FCA under FEES 5.4.1R(1A)31

1725£0.008533 per £211,000 of GWP or RGWP31, subject to a minimum levy of £130331

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5. Portfolio managers22 (including those holding client money/assets and not holding client money/assets)

22

Flat fee12

12

1Levy of £2302917

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6. Managers and depositaries of investment funds, and operators of collective investment schemes or pension schemes22

222

Flat fee

Levy of £602417

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7-Dealers as principal

Flat fee

Levy of £752117

17191921

8-Advisors,20 arrangers, dealers or brokers holding and controlling client money and/or assets

20

Annual income as defined in FEES 4 Annex 11A relating to firm’s relevant business.20

20

17120£0.13633 per £1,000 of annual income subject to a minimum fee of £4521

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9-Advisors,20 arrangers, dealers or brokers not holding and controlling client money and/or assets

20

Annual income as defined in FEES 4 Annex 11A relating to firm's relevant business.20

20

17£0.03333 per £1,000 of annual income subject to a minimum fee of £4521

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10-Corporate finance advisers

Flat fee

Levy of £552117

17191921

11-fee-paying payment service providers (but excluding firms in any other Industry block13 except Industry block 18)17

For authorised payment institutions, registered account information service providers, 30electronic money issuers (except for small electronic money institutions),17 the Post Office Limited, the Bank of England, government departments and local authorities, and EEA authorised payment institutions relevant income as described in FEES 4 Annex 11 Part 31391

6913

£0.000333 17 per £211,000 of relevant income subject to a minimum levy of £217515

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For small payment institutions and small electronic money institutions 17a flat fee13

17

Levy of £35211713

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29

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13-Cash plan health providers

Flat fee

Levy of £652117

171919

14-Credit unions

Flat fee

Levy of £552117

17191921

15-Friendly societies whose tax-exempt business represents 95% or more of their total relevant business

Flat fee

Levy of £652117

17191921

16-3Home finance providers, advisers and arrangers 9 (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)

369

Flat fee

Levy of £902417

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17 - General insurance (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)

Annual income (as defined in MIPRU 4.3) relating to firm's relevant business12

12

1725£0.447733 per £211,000 of annual income (as defined in MIPRU 4.3) relating to firm's relevant business subject to a minimum levy of £10021

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1718 - fee-paying electronic money issuers

For all fee-paying electronic money issuers except for small electronic money institutions, average outstanding electronic money, as described in FEES 4 Annex 11 Part 3.18

1819

£0.000729 per £211,000 of average outstanding electronic money subject to a minimum levy of £21403318

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For small electronic money institutions, a flat fee

Levy of £21501923

19

2319 - Credit-related regulated activities with limited permission

For not-for-profit debt advice bodies, a flat fee

Levy of £024

24

For all other firms with limited permission, a flat fee

Levy of £3524

24

2320 - Credit-related regulated activities

Annual income as defined in FEES 4 Annex 11BR

Levy of £35

Plus £0.0133 per £1,000 of annual income on income above £250,00024

2429

21 -26 CBTL firms54 that do not have permission to carry out any regulated activities27

Flat fee54

Levy of £3527

54

2622 - designated credit reference agencies (but excluding firms in any other industry block)

Flat fee

Levy of £7529

2823 – designated finance platforms (but excluding firms in any other industry block)

28Flat fee

Levy of £7529

28

Notes11

4

[not used]

5

The industry blocks in the table are based on the equivalent activity groups set out in Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1A45 and Part 2 and Part 2A of FEES 4 Annex 1117.

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6

Where the tariff base in the table is defined in similar terms as that for the equivalent activity group in45 Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1A45 or Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1117, it must be calculated in the same way as that tariff base - taking into account only the firm's relevant business (except for firms in industry blocks 2 and 4).31

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17

148

Eligible activated accounts are the number of repayment claims met by the dormant account fund operator as at the 31 December.

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