Francesca Lagerberg sets out her ‘wish list’ for the Autumn Statement with a plea for no surprises;
Hopefully the chancellor has learnt lessons from the ‘omnishambles’ March Budget.
As the rain sweeps in and winter draws closer it's time for the annual pre-Christmas tax festival known these days as the Autumn Statement. This year it will take place on the 5 December swiftly followed by an early ‘present’ of the draft Finance Bill 2013.
So if I could wave a magic wand what would I like to see in it? First and foremost I would like to see no surprises. The ‘omnishambles’ of the March Budget where a few tax proposals were put out with no apparent consideration of their operational or practical impact should surely provide the salutary lesson...
