The Official Budget 2020 thread

**BR14** · 13 February 2020, 15:16

oh, no it isn't

**ladymuck** · 13 February 2020, 15:35

oh yes it is!

**BR14** · 13 February 2020, 15:36

oh, no it isn't

**jamesbrown** · 13 February 2020, 15:36

I reckon it will be remembered for an average amount of time.

**DealorNoDeal** · 13 February 2020, 16:02

Originally posted by AtW View Post

We'll be paying for this for a very long time...

FTFY

**ChimpMaster** · 14 February 2020, 12:18

I've heard from my contact at CIOT that the government is now refusing to confirm that the budget will go ahead on March 11th. Doesn't mean anything just yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if they kicked it to Oct.

**eek** · 14 February 2020, 12:22

Originally posted by ChimpMaster View Post

I've heard from my contact at CIOT that the government is now refusing to confirm that the budget will go ahead on March 11th. Doesn't mean anything just yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if they kicked it to Oct.

They can't - there needs to be a finance bill which means there needs to be a budget.

The problem with software is that it's not possible to implement things without lead times so a March budget already limits the changes you can make to start in April. Pushing it beyond March 11th will further limit what they can or can't do...

**BrilloPad** · 14 February 2020, 12:26

Originally posted by eek View Post

They can't - there needs to be a finance bill which means there needs to be a budget.

The problem with software is that it's not possible to implement things without lead times so a March budget already limits the changes you can make to start in April. Pushing it beyond March 11th will further limit what they can or can't do...

And only the Chancellor has changed. The people the Chancellor reports to at HMRC is the same.

**Platypus** · 14 February 2020, 12:57

I suspect.

The Official Budget 2020 thread