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Budget 2009

Alistair Darling gave his Budget statement to the House of Commons on 22 April 2009. You can find details on the following websites:

The Treasury website

HMRC's special Budget page

The Institute for Fiscal Studies - post-Budget briefing

The Treasury's TWITTER page.

Listen to Peter and John's initial thoughts on what the Autumn Statement will mean to businesses.

"What with the global financial crisis and the credit crunch biting ever harder, we recorded a brief commentary on this year’s Pre-Budget Report, delivered by the Chancellor on 24 November 2008.

We looked primarily at the tax implications of his speech and also offered some advice as to what action may usefully be taken as a consequence of his announcement."

You can download this Podcast commentary by clicking here.

Key Areas we discussed are:

• VAT reduced to 15% from 1 December 2008 until 31 December 2008
• Temporary changes to personal allowances announced for 2007/08 to be made permanent. 
• Small rate of Corporation tax stays at 21% for 2009. 
• Massive rises in Government borrowing announced.
• 45% tax rate to be introduced in 2011 for income above £150,000.