21 December, 2017
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
Impact of US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Bill1
This announcement contains inside information.
InterContinental Hotels Group ("IHG") [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] notes the passage of the US Tax Cuts and Job Acts Bill1 ("the bill") yesterday.
Initial estimates are that, as a whole, the enacted bill will reduce IHG's group effective tax rate by mid to high single digit percentage points from 1 January 2018. In 2017, IHG's group effective tax rate is still expected to be in the low 30s.
It is also expected that the measures outlined in the bill will result in a significant, exceptional tax credit in the financial year the bill is signed into law, which would be realised in cash terms over a long period from 2018.
Any updates will be provided at IHG's 2017 Preliminary Results on 20 February 2018.
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1 H.R. 1, "An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018"
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