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2012 Budget Summary
The 2012 Budget was a reflection of the economy’s ongoing struggle out of the deepest recession in post-war history, and brought more cuts to public spending and measures favourable to business. The LibDems tried to put a brave face on things, pointing to the rise in the income tax personal allowance to £9,205. However, this is rather overshadowed by the forthcoming 2013/14 cut in the higher rate of income tax, from 50p to 45p, and a cut in the rate of corporation tax to 24%.
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Spring 2012 Newsletter
In this issue - Capital Allowance changes in April 2012 - Sowing the seeds of enterprise - The pensions revolution continues - Harder to escape the UK tax net - How employers can avoid the PAYE blues - Key tax dates
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Read about partnership problems, reasonable excuse guidance, employee tax status, non dom investment, surviving the social media whirl, agency workers, and IHT relief on farmhouses.
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The Chancellor and the Business Secretary have recently indicated that the 50% tax rate will only be temporary.
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Changes to tax rates in April 2011 have increased the attraction for small businesses of trading as a limited company compared with self employment, provided the owner draws income mainly as dividends.
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The introduction of the 50% tax rate in respect of income tax for individuals earning in excess of £150,000 per annum with effect from 6 April 2010 means that individuals should consider tried and tested methods of reducing their tax liabilities.
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After two Budgets and three Finance Acts in 2010, the 2011 Budget looked as if it might be a relatively mundane affair. In the event, it was anything but. George Osborne revealed a ‘Budget for growth’ with a range of business-friendly measures, including a surprise extra 1% reduction in the main rate of corporation tax and a doubling of the limit for entrepreneurs’ relief.
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Since 2008 HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has provided the ‘Time to Pay’ (TTP) scheme, a rapid response service to businesses that need more time to pay their tax liabilities. Since then the qualifying conditions for TTP have been tightened up considerably.
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Capital gains tax (CGT) has become more complicated following the Budget on 22 June. For gains made after that date, higher rate taxpayers, trustees and personal representatives of deceased estates pay CGT at 28%. CGT at 10% can apply if the disposal qualifies for entrepreneurs’ relief.
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Your marital status – whether or not you are married or in a civil partnership – can make a considerable difference to your tax position.
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George Osborne described his first Budget as ‘the unavoidable Budget’ in which spending cuts outweighed tax increases by a ratio of 77% spending cuts to 23% tax increases.
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With the country likely to go to the polls on 6 May, Mr Darling’s third Budget was predictably as much a political exercise as a conventional set of announcements.
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has continued in its attempts to improve its relationship with taxpayers by issuing a new taxpayers’ charter. It is called 'Your Charter' and was launched on 11 November 2009.
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We now have a coalition government between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, which is expected to adopt tax policies from both constituent parties. The coalition agreement statement contains a brief note on tax issues. So what changes can we expect to see?
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