Budget 2005: more predictions and reports from the web

The budget predictions game continues: AccountancyAge are warning that corporation tax may rise, whilst Oliver Letwin says it is too late for the chancellor to play any budget trump card to aid the forthcoming election.

[AccountancyAge] Experts warn of backdoor rises in corporate tax
Lack of assurances from government may lead to tax rises being sneaked through in reform of UK corporate tax.

[Guardian] Brown's trump past its play-by date says Letwin
Gordon Brown plans to use next week's budget as a "Gordon to the rescue" event in which he trumps the Tories' £4bn package of tax cuts and saves Tony Blair's faltering election campaign, Oliver Letwin predicts.

[MacIntyre Hudson] Budget predictions for SMEs
MacIntyre Hudson predicts that Chancellor Gordon Brown's forthcoming Budget Report will offer only minor incentives to woo the business-owners' vote.

Post Budget Calculators

After the budget report next week you will be able to calculate how the budget has effected you using one of the following calculators:

Effect of Budget Calculator - Contractors

Effect of Budget Calculator - Permanent Employees

Published: Friday, March 11, 2005

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