Budget Thread

[Bagpuss]

VAT to 20% in January 2011? Has Petrol gone up yet?

[DimPrawn]

VAT to 20% in January 2011? Has Petrol gone up yet?

£5 a litre from midnight tonight.

[d000hg]

How about taxing all this money thats transferred out of UK by western union etc.

Whats earned in the UK stays in the UK - new UK motto

I hire people outside the UK and make a margin on them; overall I am a net increase to UK wealth as my clients are also outside the UK. I think I deserve a tax brrak if anything.

[mrdonuts]

I hire people outside the UK and make a margin on them; overall I am a net increase to UK wealth as my clients are also outside the UK. I think I deserve a tax brrak if anything.

thinking more about idividuals than bona fide companies, this calls for an IR36 to decide on whether you should pay or not

[d000hg]

thinking more about idividuals than bona fide companies, this calls for an IR36 to decide on whether you should pay or not

d000hg Ltd would be happy to supply developers to work on IR36-related software systems.

[TheFaQQer]

Danny Alexander is on Newsnight now.

Paxman just asked him whether all election promises are worthless because of the Lib-Dem U-turns on everything now that they are "in power".

[TheFaQQer]

In response, Alexander said "Meeee meee meeeee me me meeeee!"

[Green Mango]

In response, Alexander said "Meeee meee meeeee me me meeeee!"

Sounded more like Labour have cocked it up so badly we need to take VAT to 20%.

[moorfield]

And in the small print, IR35
will now be abolished.

[Sysman]

How about taxing all this money thats transferred out of UK by western union etc.

Whats earned in the UK stays in the UK - new UK motto

Are you too young to remember currency controls?

Shudder. Don't want them back, no siree!