Spring Budget 2024 – the pre-Election gamble
At what was likely to be the last fiscal event before the General Election, we expected a few surprises to be dropped in to woo the voters, although most of these were let out of the bag over the weekend in what seemed to be the most briefed budget ever known. But with so many […]
Spring Budget 2024 – property tax has never been so popular!
A number of announcements were made in respect of property taxation, many of which were suggested as a way to influence taxpayers. Too much can be a bad thing So, the theory goes, if you increase tax rates then revenue increases, but there comes a point when the increase influences taxpayers and revenue begins to […]
Autumn Statement 2022 – no rabbits pulled out of hats but plenty of fiscal drag
After the debacle of eight weeks ago, the announcements by the Chancellor today were never going be so radical as to cause concern in the markets, but we all knew that there would be some element of revenue raising, we just didn’t know which taxes would rise and by how much. On a positive note, […]
Autumn Budget 2022 – a step back in time
What a month, what a week, what a day! An emergency statement by the Chancellor this morning, in order to prevent further speculation and help settle the markets in advance of the fiscal statement due on 31 October 2022, has taken us back in time to where we were less than a month ago in […]
Autumn Budget 2022 – the mini-budget that packed a punch!
Today was always going to be an interesting day – a new Government setting the tone of how they intend to govern, the ongoing cost of living crisis, the recent unlimited commitment to support taxpayers with their energy bills and talk of the UK heading towards (if not already in) recession. It was clear that […]