The official Budget 2017 DOOM thread

[AtW]

Increase in C4 NI for the self-employed, as expected....

So that's broken manifesto promise then?

[jamesbrown]

Now to PSCs....

[centurian]

Time to bend over....

[jamesbrown]

Here we go..dividend allowance reduced to 2k from 2018..

If that's it, not too bad...

[oversteer]

Good luck everyone
E: allowance reduced from £5k to £2k from next year

[barrydidit]

Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

If that's all he announces, then an extra £225 tax a year is no hardship. Its obvious to see why he's taken this approach - how many people have we had on here talking about using alphabet shares so they can pay their spouses who were in full time employment £5k a year to take advantage of the allowance? (not just on here, I've seen accountants on other forums recommending this approach too).

[oversteer]

So potentially £225/975/1143 extra in tax then..?

[centurian]

Was that it....

Sure it will hurt (£3K @ marginal tax rate), but still better than PAYE umbrella.

[MarillionFan]

FFS 5k-2k