Treasury expects £11bn taxes from North Sea in 2022
However receipts are expected to drop dramatically in years to come as prices drop.
However receipts are expected to drop dramatically in years to come as prices drop.
North Sea operator TotalEnergies (LON: TTE) expects to shell out millions of pounds to the UK Government, as a result of the divisive windfall tax.
Prolonged high oil and gas prices and the new windfall tax mean the UK Government could soon set a new record for tax receipts from the sector.
The North Sea has dodged calls for a windfall tax, but Treasury receipts from the sector are set to surge to their highest in over a decade.
The UK Treasury has increased its expectations for tax receipts from the North Sea oil and gas sector ahead of the COP26 climate conference.
The forecast for tax revenue the UK Treasury will take from oil and gas in the future has been slashed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has cut its forecast for North Sea oil tax receipts to the UK Treasury.
The oil price freefall means projections for the UK’s North Sea revenues are already out of date before the Budget is even published, according to a leading analyst.
A new report has lowered forecasts for UK oil and gas revenues by an average of £600million per year to 2024.