The Official Budget 2020 thread

[CheeseSlice]

If he says "get it done" one more time i think i'm going to throw up

Quite funny hearing

"...we're fixing 50 million pot holes.

This government is, getting, it, done!"

[jamesbrown]

Umm, Rishi is not a great speaker (this is the first time I've heard him speak).

He's not much of an orator, but it's a pretty assured performance TBH.

[heyya99]

Is it over? So no mention of ER scrappage?

[SimonMac]

"announce extra steps" for HMRC on tax avoidance, but doesn't detail, so we need to wait for the red book

[ChimpMaster]

Is it over? So no mention of ER scrappage?

Yes, you missed it.

[SimonMac]

Is it over? So no mention of ER scrappage?

You missed it, not scrapping but reducing the life time limit to £1m from £10m

[perplexed]

Is it over? So no mention of ER scrappage?

Not scrapped; down from 10m lifetime to 1m lifetime.

Just mentioned more HMRC staff, linking tax "gains" to NHS. So "tax avoiding contractor scum damaging NHS" will be the headlines...

[Platypus]

"announce extra steps" for HMRC on tax avoidance, but doesn't detail, so we need to wait for the red book

Yep, going to collect another 4.4bn ...

[portseven]

"announce extra steps" for HMRC on tax avoidance, but doesn't detail, so we need to wait for the red book

Notice how he is linking tax 'avoidance' to funding for the NHS, I thought Brexit was going to pay for the NHS???

[perplexed]

Notice how he is linking tax 'avoidance' to funding for the NHS, I thought Brexit was going to pay for the NHS???

Inevitable complaints from contractors and more importantly business about IR35.

Linking tax "avoidance" to funding for NHS means the narrative has been twisted, meaning little support for scrapping / amending IR35...