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Autumn Budget 2018

30 October 2018 / Andrew Hubbard
Issue: 4670 / Categories: Comment & Analysis

Autumn Budget

KEY POINTS

  • Some tightening of the entrepreneurs’ relief rules.
  • Main residence lettings relief is restricted.
  • HMRC will be given greater priority in insolvencies.
  • The annual investment allowance is increased for two years and new allowances for commercial buildings.
  • New rules on profit fragmentation.
  • Off-payroll working rules will be extended to the larger businesses in the private sector from 2020.
  • No substantive changes to inheritance tax the VAT threshold or pensions tax relief.

Normally chancellors relish the prospect of delivering a Budget – it is an opportunity to make their mark as a great tax reformer and show off their conjuring skills...

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