Official Contractor UK Budget Thread 2017

[saptastic]

Bloody hell!! Did he forget about us??? Can it be true?

Fingers crossed. Lets wait for the detail.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

No.

He definitely said £300k.

https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...ime_buyers.pdf

[oversteer]

Full docs on the Treasury site

e: Nothing in the Tax Avoidance one

E2: “Disguised renumeration further update” !! Watch out

[ChimpMaster]

Nice headline tax break, but in reality does a £3k tax cut really address the problem of first time buyers not being able to afford property (down south anyway)?

Exactly. Hardly a game changer and it still leaves all homeowners stuck in a housing market that is in a rut due to the SLDT they will have to pay if they move.

[jamesbrown]

No.

STFU. HTH.

[VillageContractor]

Wow. That is huge!!

Not if you live in London

[westtester]

He definitely said £300k.

He did

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...get-2017-brief

[billybiro]

The Autumn Budget 2017. Telling everyone everything they wanted to hear, and nothing that they didn't.

delivery against budget is optional

[jamesbrown]

Nice headline tax break, but in reality does a £5k tax cut really address the problem of first time buyers not being able to afford property (down south anyway)?

Indeed, but it’s a good headline. TBF, the capital investment plan was pretty strong, relative to briefing.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Red book link?