FEES 7.2 The CFEB levy

A firm must pay each CFEB levy applicable to it:

1. (1)

   in full and without deduction (unless permitted or required by a provision in FEES); and

2. (2)

   in accordance with the provisions of FEES 4.3.6 R as modified by FEES 7.2.1A R.1

1. (1)

   1For the purposes of FEES 7.2.1R (2), FEES 4.3.6R (1), as applied by FEES 7.2.8 R, is modified so that if a firm's periodic fees for the previous financial year was at least 50,000, the firm must pay:1

   1. (a)

      an amount equal to 50% of the CFEB levy payable for the previous year, by 30 April in the financial year to which the sum due under FEES 7.2.1 R relates; and

   2. (b)

      the balance of the CFEB levy due for the current financial year by 1 September in the financial year to which that sum relates.

2. (2)

   For the purposes of FEES 7.2.1R (2), FEES 4.3.6R (2), as applied by FEES 7.2.8 R, is modified so that if the firm's periodic fee for the previous financial year was less than 50,000, the firm must pay its CFEB levy in full by 1 July in the financial year to which that sum relates.

The CFEB levy is calculated as follows:

1. (1)

   identify each of the activity groups set out in Part 1 of FEES 7 Annex 1 that apply to the business of the firm for the relevant period (for this purpose, the activity groups are defined in accordance with Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1);

2. (2)

   for each of those activity groups, calculate the amount payable in the way set out in FEES 7.2.3 R;

3. (3)

   add the amounts calculated under (2);

4. (4)

   work out whether a minimum fee is payable under Part 2 of FEES 7 Annex 1 and if so how much;

5. (5)

   add together the amounts calculated under (3) and (4);

6. (6)

   modify the result as indicated by the table in FEES 4.2.6 R and FEES 4.2.7 R (if applicable);

7. (7)

   apply any applicable payment charge specified in FEES 4.2.4 R to the amount in (6), provided that:

   1. (a)

      for payment by direct debit, successful collection of the amount due is made at the first attempt by the FSA; or

   2. (b)

      for payment by credit transfer, the amount due is received by the FSA on or before the due date;

8. (8)

   make the calculations using information obtained in accordance with FEES 4.4.

The amount payable by a firm with respect to a particular activity group is calculated as follows:

1. (1)

   calculate the size of the firm's tariff base for that activity group using the tariff base calculations in Part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 1 and Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 111 and the valuation date requirements in Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1 and Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 11;1

2. (2)

   use the figure in (1) to calculate which of the bands set out in column 2 of the table in Part 1 of FEES 7 Annex 1 the firm falls into;

3. (3)

   add together the fixed sums, as set out in column 3 of the table in Part 1 of FEES 7 Annex 1, applicable to each band identified under (2);

4. (4)

   the amount in (3) is the amount payable by the firm with respect to that activity group.

For the purposes of FEES 7.2.3 R:

1. (1)

   a firm may apply the relevant tariff bases and rates to its non-UK business, as well as to its UK business, if:

   1. (a)

      it has reasonable grounds for believing that the costs of identifying the firm's UK business separately from its non-UK business in the way described in Part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 1 and Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 111 are disproportionate to the difference in fees payable; and

   2. (b)

      it notifies the FSA in writing at the same time as it provides the information concerned under FEES 4.4 (Information on which fees are calculated), or, if earlier, at the time it pays the fees concerned;

2. (2)

   for a firm which has not complied with FEES 4.4.2 R (Information on which fees are calculated) orFEES 4.4.8 D (Information relating to payment services and the issuance of electronic money)1 for this period, the CFEB levy is calculated using (where relevant) the valuation or valuations of business applicable to the previous period, multiplied by the factor of 1.10.

The modifications in Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 2 and Part 7 of FEES 4 Annex 11 apply.1

The CFEB levy in relation to the Society is specified against its activity group in Part 1 of FEES 7 Annex 1.

The rules set out in the table in FEES 7.2.9 R and any other rules in FEES 4 included in FEES 7 by cross-reference apply to the CFEB levy in the same way as they apply to periodic fees payable under FEES 4.3.1 R.