Article DTX6 Budget means HSBC and Standard Chartered banks will pay £1bn less in tax

Budget means HSBC and Standard Chartered banks will pay £1bn less in tax

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Jill Treanor City editor
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But changes to bank levy and launch of new surcharge will also result in other banks - including Lloyds and RBS - paying more

HSBC and Standard Chartered - two of the UK's biggest international banks - will pay more than 1bn less tax a year as a result of the summer budget, according to estimates from City analysts.

The changes to the bank levy came just weeks after HSBC announced a formal review into whether to keep its headquarters in London or relocate abroad. HSBC had blamed the cost of the bank levy for hitting returns to shareholders.

Related: Biggest banks welcome budget reduction in bank levy

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