July Budget 2015: Here’s what analysts said about George Osborne’s slashed corporation tax and abolished non-dom status July 8, 2015 George Osborne promised that his would be a “budget for working people” as he presented the first Conservative Budget since 1996. But how did he deliver on this promise for the financial industry? And how has the industry received the Budget? Here’s what analysts and firms are saying. Osborne’s Budget included several points of particular [...]
July Budget 2015: Buy-to-let landlords hit as George Osborne restricts mortgage tax relief and hikes rent a room allowance July 8, 2015 George Osborne has cut mortgage interest relief on buy-to-let homes, in an effort to create a "level playing field" between prospective landlords and those buying their homes to live in. Read more: Chancellor slashes corporation tax and bank levy The chancellor said the relief will be cut to the basic rate of income tax, which [...]
July Budget 2015: Non-doms “will pay the same tax as everyone else” July 8, 2015 George Osborne has announced that he will crack down on non-doms who evade or aggressively avoid taxation. Widely anticipated before the Budget, Osborne said he would name and shame tax avoidance schemes. We've stopped these blatant abuses that were allowed to flourish, and many others. But we said to the British people we would do [...]
July Budget 2015: George Osborne set to push up tax thresholds but ease back on Conservative plans to slash welfare bill July 7, 2015 George Osborne will today use the first Tory Budget in 19 years to deliver on his party’s pre-election pledge to slash taxes for millions of workers. Yet the chancellor will also row back on the Conservatives’ manifesto commitment to find £12bn of savings from welfare payments by 2017-18 – instead taking an extra year to [...]
July Budget 2015: As inheritance tax system is set to change where will house prices drop below new threshold? July 7, 2015 Tomorrow, George Osborne is expected to announce changes to the inheritance tax system (IHT) meaning a couple can hand a £1m estate on to their children without being taxed for the privilege. Currently, a couple has a tax-free allowance of £325,000 a person (£650,000 a couple). Although IHT is applied to an entire estate, soaring [...]
July Budget 2015: From benefits caps and child tax credits cuts to pension and inheritance tax changes, here’s what to expect July 7, 2015 Tomorrow, George Osborne takes to the despatch box for his first truly Conservative Budget – indeed, the first majority Conservative Budget since 1996. The chancellor is notoriously good at trailing the contents of his Budgets before he stands up – so what do we know so far? Read more: Budget live – all the key announcements [...]
July Budget 2015: Boris Johnson says cut top tax rate and introduce living wage July 6, 2015 Boris Johnson has said he thinks the government should cut the top rate of income tax from 45 pence and simultaneously make some of Britain's biggest companies pay the living wage. The London mayor argues only boosting the income of society's richest individuals is unfair, and should be matched with pay increases for low-paid employees [...]
July Budget 2015: Make investments easier through tax reforms to create “equity economy”, business leaders urge George Osborne July 5, 2015 George Osborne must make radical changes to the tax system to unlock the investment potential of millions of Brits and inject growth into the economy. The chancellor's Budget, due on Wednesday, should include ambitious reform of the tax system to encourage people to buy a stake in businesses and create an "equity economy", the Institute of [...]
July Budget 2015: Conservatives to announce end to inheritance tax on properties worth less than £1m July 4, 2015 The Budget will spell the end of inheritance tax on homes worth up to £1m. In the new budget on Wednesday George Osborne is expected to make the announcement, saying it is “only right” that the change be made. Read more: Is the government about to change how it taxes pensions? Exempting homes up to £1m [...]
George Osborne’s challenge: Will he make his mark as a tax reformer? July 2, 2015 Next week’s Budget is a big opportunity for George Osborne – now he’s able to shape public spending and tax policy free of the constraints of coalition politics. One of his Budget themes should be tax reform. In the 70 years since the end of the Second World War, there have been 22 chancellors of [...]