Tax relief for investment in R&D (research and development) features heavily on the list, with share options following a close second. Robin Bloor, chairman of Bloor Research, claimed tax relief was especially relevant to small and medium-sized...
Richard Baron, deputy head of the IoD's policy unit, said the problem of how to levy corporation and sales tax on ecommerce has not yet been tackled to the satisfaction of British business. On the thorny issue of taxing digitised goods, the IoD...
The CSSA also criticised the budget for failing to tackle this issue, but welcomed a proposed tax credit on IT training. In a statement, he said that the government is creating a confusing and complex tax code by introducing new tax-free allowances...
Digby Jones, head of the CBI, said increased public spending should be financed by economic growth, not by raising taxes in Wednesday's budget. It is widely believed that Chancellor Gordon Brown will increase national insurance payments when he...
These allowances mean that a business can deduct the amount of money it spends on additional ICT equipment from its overall tax bill for that year. Delivering the 2003 Budget, Brown said that the 100 per cent capital allowances for small businesses...
It's budget time and trade bodies are crying for tax breaks for their members - and their customers. The Institute of Directors and Toshiba are asking the government to make tax breaks permanent for SME purchases of ICT equipment to demonstrate its...