1This chapter applies to the persons listed in:

1. (1)

   FEES 1.1.2R(8) in relation to the TPR SFGB money advice levy and TPR SFGB debt advice levy; and

2. (2)

   FEES 7C.1.2R in relation to the TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy.

1The TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy applies to a TP firm that falls within one or more of the following activity groups listed in Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR:

1. (1)

   A.1 Deposit acceptors;

2. (2)

   A.4 Insurers - life;

3. (3)

   A.7 Portfolio managers except Class (1)A firms;

4. (4)

   A.9 Managers and depositaries of investment funds, and operators of collective investment schemes or pension schemes; and

5. (5)

   A.13 Advisors, arrangers, dealers or brokers.

1The TPR SFGB levy is made up of:

1. (1)

   The TPR SFGB money advice levy, as set out in FEES 7C.3;

2. (2)

   The TPR SFGB debt advice levy, as set out in FEES 7C.3; and

3. (3)

   The TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy, as set out in FEES 7C.4.

1A firm must pay the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR SFGB debt advice levy applicable to it:

1. (1)

   in full and without deduction by 1 August (or, if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice) in the financial year to which the sum relates, unless modified by FEES 7C.3.2R; and

2. (2)

   in accordance with the rules in this chapter.

1If a firm’s TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR SFGB debt advice levy for the previous financial year was at least £50,000, the firm must pay:

1. (1)

   an amount equal to 50% of the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR SFGB debt advice levy payable for the previous year, by 1 April (or if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice) in the financial year to which the sum due under FEES 7C.3.1R relates; and

2. (2)

   the balance of the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR SFGB debt advice levy due for the current financial year by 1 September (or if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice) in the financial year to which that sum relates.

2Where the FCA grants a person’s application for annulment of a cancellation or variation of Part 4A permission under Schedule 6A to the Act and the person falls within FEES 7C.3.1R and the annulment takes effect after 1 August or after the invoice referred to in FEES 7C.3.1R(1), then the date for payment referred to in FEES 7C.3.1R(1) does not apply, but the person must pay the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR SFGB debt advice levy applicable to it in full and without deduction, on the date on which the annulment takes effect.

2Where the FCA grants a person’s application for annulment of a cancellation or variation of Part 4A permission under Schedule 6A to the Act and the person falls within FEES 7C.3.2R and:

1. (1)

   the annulment takes effect after 1 April or after the invoice referred to in FEES 7C.3.2R(1) has been issued, then the date for payment referred to in FEES 7C.3.2R(1) does not apply, but the person must, where the annulment takes effect after 1 April but before 1 September, pay:

   1. (a)

      an amount equal to 50% of the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR debt advice levy payable for the previous year on the date on which the annulment takes effect; and

   2. (b)

      the balance of the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR debt advice levy due for the current financial year by 1 September or, if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice, in the financial year to which that sum relates; or

2. (2)

   the annulment takes effect after 1 September or after the invoice referred to in FEES 7C.3.2(2) has been issued, then the date for payment referred to in FEES 7C.3.2R(2) does not apply, but the person must pay the total TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR debt advice levy due for the current financial year, on the date on which the annulment takes effect.

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

1. (1)

   identify each of the activity groups set out in Parts 1 to 3 of FEES 7C Annex 1R and Part 1 of FEES 7C Annex 2R that apply to the business of the firm for the relevant period (for this purpose, the activity groups under FEES 7C Annex 1R are defined in accordance with Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR and Parts 2 and 2A of FEES 4 Annex 11R, and the activity groups under FEES 7C 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 7C.3.4R;

3. (3)

   add each of the amounts calculated under (2);

4. (4)

   work out whether a minimum fee is payable under Parts 2 to 4 of FEES 7C Annex 1R and if so how much; and

5. (5)

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

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 11R and Part 2 of FEES 7C Annex 2R (including only business undertaken from a branch in the UK); and

   2. (b)

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

2. (2)

   use the figure in (1) to calculate which of the bands set out in the tables in Parts 1 to 3 of FEES 7C Annex 1R and Part 4 of FEES 7C Annex 2R the firm falls into;

3. (3)

   add together the fixed sums, as set out in the tables in Parts 1 to 3 of FEES 7C Annex 1R and Part 4 of FEES 7C 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 7C.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 its UK business separately from its non-UK business in the way described in Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR, Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 11R and Part 2 of FEES 7C Annex 2R 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 7C.3.4R(1), or, if earlier, at the time it pays the TPR SFGB money advice levy or TPR SFGB debt advice levy applicable to it.

2. (2)

   for a firm which has not complied with FEES 4A.2.6R for this period, the TPR SFGB money advice levy and TPR SFGB debt advice levy are calculated using (where relevant) the valuation or valuations of business applicable to the previous period, multiplied by the factor of 1.10.

1The TPR SFGB money advice levy and TPR SFGB debt advice levy under FEES 7C relate to the whole of any fee year and are due for payment from the commencement of the fee year. Any payment made under FEES 7C.3.1R is not refundable.

1A firm must pay the TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy applicable to it:

1. (1)

   in full and without deduction by 1 August (or, if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice) in the financial year to which the sum relates; and

2. (2)

   in accordance with the rules in this section.

2Where the FCA grants a person’s application for annulment of a cancellation or variation of Part 4A permission under Schedule 6A to the Act and the person falls within FEES 7C.4.1R and the annulment takes effect after 1 August or after the invoice referred to in FEES 7C.4.1R(1), then the date for payment referred to in FEES 7C.4.1R(1) does not apply, but the person must pay the TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy applicable to it in full and without deduction, on the date on which the annulment takes effect.

1The TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy applicable to a particular firm is calculated as follows:

1. (1)

   identify each of the activity groups in FEES 7C.1.2R(2) that apply to the business of the firm for the relevant period;

2. (2)

   calculate the amount payable under FEES 7C.4.3R for each of those activity groups;

3. (3)

   add together each of the amounts calculated under (2).

1The amount payable for a particular activity group is calculated as follows:

1. (1)
   1. (a)

      calculate the size of the firm’s tariff base for the activity group using:

      1. (i)

         the tariff base calculations in Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1R (including only business undertaken from a branch in the UK); and

      2. (ii)

         the valuation date requirements in Part 5 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR;

   2. (b)

      exclude best estimate liabilities for fees purposes in the calculation for fee-block A4;

2. (2)

   use the figure in (1) to calculate the levy applicable for each band in FEES 7C Annex 3R;

3. (3)

   add together the sums for each applicable band under (2);

4. (4)

   the amount in (3) is the amount payable by the firm for that activity group.

1For the purposes of FEES 7C.4.3R:

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 its UK business separately from its non-UK business in the way described in Part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 1AR 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 7C.4.4R(1), or, if earlier, at the time it pays the TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy applicable to it.

2. (2)

   for a firm which has not complied with FEES 7C.4.3R(1) for this period, the TPR SFGB pensions guidance 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 TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy is calculated using the same information that is used to calculate a firm’s periodic fee under FEES 4.

1The TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy under FEES 7C relates to the whole of any fee year and is due for payment from the commencement of the fee year. Any payment made under FEES 7C.4.1R is not refundable.

1The Handbook provisions relating to FEES 7C are meant to follow closely the provisions relating to the payment of the periodic fees in FEES 4. In the interests of brevity, not all of these provisions are set out again in FEES 7C. In some cases, certain FEES 4rules are applied to the payment of the TPR SFGB money advice levy, TPR SFGB debt advice levy and TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy by individual rules in FEES 7C. The rest are set out in the table in FEES 7C.5.3R.

1The rules set out in the table in FEES 7C.5.3R and any other rules in FEES 4 included in FEES 7C by cross-reference apply to the TPR SFGB money advice levy, TPR SFGB debt advice levy and TPR SFGB pensions guidance levy in the same way as they apply to periodic fees payable under FEES 4.