Budget 2016: through a glass darkly on tax and spend

Even Budget aficionados might be starting to lose a little enthusiasm. After all, in the last 12 months we've had three Budgets and an Autumn Statement. You might think then that this latest Budget - Osborne's eighth - would be a smaller, simpler affair. But this was a Budget packed with new measures. Tax Journal peers behind the headlines to examine the detail:

• Budget 2016: The big picture - by Chris Sanger (EY)

• Budget 2016: The impact on MNCs - by Dominic Robertson (Slaughter and May)

• Budget 2016: The private client perspective - by Lynne Rowland (Kingston Smith)

• Budget 2016: The impact on SMEs - by David Whiscombe (BKL)

• Budget 2016: Enforcement and compliance aspects - by Jason Collins (Pinsent Masons)

• Budget 2016: The economic view - by John Hawksworth (PwC)

• Budget 2016: A to Z guide of the key tax announcements - by Lexis®PSL Tax, with additional material from Lexis®Private Client and Tolley Guidance

My thanks to all the authors for their expert commentary.

Paul Stainforth, Editor