Market leading insight for tax experts
View online issue

Jeeves and Mary Poppins attacked!

 
John Whiting tax partner PricewaterhouseCoopers and immediate past president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation finds plus and minus points in the Budget for employers
 
It was always going to be the case that nothing in Gordon Brown's seventh Budget was going to be more important for business generally (and employers in particular) than the £4 billion or so extra secondary National Insurance Contributions bill that had just kicked in.
 
The speech itself didn't seem to contain much but those of us who have seen many years of Budgets confidently expected that there would be plenty to get our teeth into when the press release bundle arrived. So it proved: nine 'Press Notices' and 62 'Budget Notes' (what is the difference? does a Budget Note want to be a Press...

If you or your firm subscribes to Taxjournal.com, please click the login box below:

If you do not subscribe but are a registered user, please enter your details in the following boxes:

Alternatively, you can register free of charge to read a limited amount of subscriber content per month.
Once you have registered, you will receive an email directing you back to read this article in full.
Please reach out to customer services at +44 (0) 330 161 1234 or 'customer.services@lexisnexis.co.uk' for further assistance.
EDITOR'S PICKstar
Top