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BUDGET-2015


The Treasury has published its proposed next steps on tackling evasion and avoidance. James Bullock (Pinsent Masons) reviews the detail.

There is light at the end of the austerity tunnel, writes John Hawksworth (PwC).

Hints of things to come, by Sophie Dworetzsky (Withers).

In a Budget that had little to say specifically about owner managed businesses, the most striking changes were to entrepreneurs’ relief, writes David Whiscombe (BKL Tax).

Two changes particularly catch the eye, one welcome and one not so, writes Mike Lane (Slaughter and May).

Compliance and enforcement remains centre stage for the foreseeable future, reports James Bullock (Pinsent Masons).

Background

The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his sixth and what he will certainly hope is not his final Budget on Wednesday 18 March 2015.

However many numbers feature in the chancellor’s Red Book, the one that really counts is 50 – the number of days between the Budget

George Osborne’s March Budget could be his last. To prevent it being so, the chancellor has to ensure that it gives the Conservatives a political lift, as David Smith reports.

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