Tax loophole closes for UK drillers

A 20-year corporate tax holiday for drilling companies in the British North Sea will come to an end under new reforms.

15 May 2014
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UK Finance Minister George Osborne announced plans in March to can the amount a British company could deduct for leasing drilling rigs from an overseas unit in the same group, according to Reuters.

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