FEES 7A.3 The SFGB money advice levy and debt advice levy

1A firm must pay the SFGB money advice levy or SFGB debt advice 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 4.3.6R as modified by FEES 7A.3.2R.

1. (1)

   1For the purposes of FEES 7A.3.1R(2), FEES 4.3.6R(1C) to (1E) is modified so that if a firm’s periodic fee for the previous financial year were at least £50,000, the firm must pay:

   1. (a)

      an amount equal to 50% of the SFGB money advice or SFGB debt advice levy payable for the previous year, by 1 April in the financial year to which the sum due under FEES 7A.3.1R relates; and

   2. (b)

      the balance of the SFGB money advice levy or SFGB debt advice 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 7A.3.1R(2), FEES 4.3.6R(2) 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 SFGB money advice levy or SFGB debt advice levy in full by 1 July in the financial year to which that sum relates.

1The SFGB money advice levy and SFGB debt advice levy are each calculated as follows:

1. (1)

   identify each of the activity groups set out in Part 1 of FEES 7A Annex 1R and Part 1 of FEES 7A Annex 2R that apply to the business of the firm for the relevant period (for this purpose, the activity groups under FEES 7A Annex 1R are defined in accordance with Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR and the activity groups under FEES 7A Annex 2R are defined in accordance with Part 1 of that Annex);

2. (2)

   calculate, for each of those activity groups identified in (1), the amount payable in the way set out in FEES 7A.3.4R;

3. (3)

   add each of the amounts calculated under (2);

4. (4)

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

5. (5)

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

6. (6)

   modify the result as indicated by (if applicable) FEES 4.2.7ER, FEES 4.2.7FR, FEES 4.2.7GR, FEES 4.2.7HR, FEES 4.2.7IR, FEES 4.2.7JG and FEES 4.2.7KR;

7. (7)

   apply any applicable payment charge specified in FEES 4.2.4R 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 FCA; or

   2. (b)

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

8. (8)

   make the calculations using information obtained in accordance with FEES 4.4 in the case of FEES 7A Annex 1R and Part 3 of FEES 7A Annex 2R in the case of Part 2 of that Annex.

1The 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:

   1. (a)

      the tariff base calculations in Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR, Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 11 and Part 2 of FEES 7A Annex 2R; and

   2. (b)

      the valuation date requirements in Part 5 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR, Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 11R and Part 3 of FEES 7A Annex 2;

2. (2)

   use the figure in (1) to calculate which of the bands set out in the table in Part 1 of FEES 7A Annex 1R and Part 4 of FEES 7A Annex 2R the firm falls into;

3. (3)

   add together the fixed sums, as set out in the table in Part 1 of FEES 7A Annex 1R and Part 4 of FEES 7A Annex 2R, 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.

1For the purposes of FEES 7A.3.4R:

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 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR and Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 11R are disproportionate to the difference in fees payable; and

   2. (b)

      it notifies the FCA 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 4.4.2R (information on which fees are calculated) or FEES 4.4.8D (Information relating to payment services and the issuance of electronic money) for this period, the SFGB money advice levy and SFGB debt advice levy is calculated using (where relevant) the valuation or valuations of business applicable to the previous period, multiplied by the factor of 1.10.

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

1The SFGB money advice levy in relation to the Society is specified against its activity group in Part 1 of FEES 7A Annex 1R.

1The rules set out in the table in FEES 7A.3.10R and any other rules in FEES 4 included in FEES 7A by cross-reference apply to the SFGB money advice levy and SFGB debt advice levy in the same way as they apply to periodic fees payable under FEES 4.3.1R.

1References in a FEES 4 rule incorporated into FEES 7A by cross-reference to a periodic fee should be read as being to the SFGB money advice levy and SFGB debt advice levy. References in a FEES 4 rule incorporated into FEES 7A to market operators, service companies, MTF operators, investment exchanges, or designated professional bodies should be disregarded.