This is the first really full Budget of the new Parliament (Mr Osborne’s 8th Budget), although the summer 2015 Budget and the Autumn Statement were mini-Budgets in themselves. Both those painted a pretty optimistic view of the nation’s finances and economic well-being. However, since then, things have changed considerably and today’s Budget took a longer-term…

Are you claiming R&D tax credits? If you are, are you maximising them? The Government has recently launched a two year plan to increase the number of SMEs securing Research & Development (R&D) tax relief. By raising awareness and simplifying application procedures, the Government hopes to encourage more businesses to invest in R&D and benefit…

Autumn Statement 2015 The Chancellor, George Osborne, set out government spending plans up to 2020. This was a massive Autumn Statement and Spending Review with lots of detail, much of which has only emerged since the Chancellor sat down. In summary, the Autumn Statement and Spending Review outlined £20bn of cuts to Whitehall budgets and…

This is the second Budget of 2015, but the first that a Conservative-only administration has been able to deliver in the past 20 years. Without the constraints of a Coalition partner, The Chancellor has been able to announce a number of measures promised in the Manifesto, some of which have already been leaked in recent…

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The Chancellor delivers his first Budget of the new Government on 8 July. What would I like to see, and what do I expect to see? The first Budget of a new administration is often technically-detailed, and may contain bad news so as to get it out of the way as soon as possible. But…

The proposed “Enterprise Bill” announced in the Queen’s Speech, is at first glance, more than welcome. However, I couldn’t help but recall that childhood song that mentions all the colours of the rainbow – and more! The colour alluded to in the proposed bill, is, of course, red. Specifically, that’s red tape. But how often…

The 2014 Budget, which is due on 19 March, is the last real Budget before the next General Election. There will probably be a Budget in March 2015 and with the General Election due no later than June 2015, that Budget is not likely to contain very much in the way of content and will…

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement will be given on 5 December (it was going to be 4 December but has been put back a day to allow the Prime Minister time to return from a trade mission). The Autumn Statement is now almost as important as the Budget; indeed, I would argue even more so. A few…

I’ve recently been working on a client case, where HMRC is refusing to accept that something the client does is “customary” and therefore exempt from tax under the relevant legislation. Much of the existing case law is old, although HMRC is still seeking to rely on it. Of course, it is correct to do so,…