pre-Budget report for small business

The pre-Budget report happened yesterday, don’t know if you heard. As usual, it was seen as something of a mixed bag for small businesses; the Tories and the big accountancy firms said it smacked of ‘buy now, pay later’, but small business groups said it provided some welcome short-term relief.
The big headlines were a £7bn [...]

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New small business tax cut demand

Alistair Darling is getting it fron all sides at the moment: criticism, demands, and accusations. Here’s the latest from the second group: it’s in the form of the Federation of Small Businesses’ pre-Budget wish-list for SMEs.
It wants the government to abolish a planned increase in small business corporation tax (coming into force next year) and [...]

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Pressure mounts for small business tax cut

A group of MPs and small businesses are tearing into Alistair Darling over an upcoming increase in corporation tax for small businesses.
The tax was announced by Gordon Brown in the 2007 Budget, and was controversial then, but now it is seen as cruel and unusual.
MPs, including Labour ones, have signed a petition to get the [...]

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