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David Cameron
Mansion Tax – Not Under the Current Coalition
The ‘Mansion Tax’ is a levy on the wealth according to the value of your property. This could work by making home owners, where the home is worth more than £2 million, pay a 1% annual charge on the balance above that threshold. However, Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out any such tax under [...]
Flat Rate State Pension Reforms
Last week, it was reported that David Cameron, Prime Minister, has personally intervened in the reform of the State pension system, which would see a flat-rate system adopted. He was reportedly said to be concerned that millions, many of whom are core Conservative voters, would not benefit from the reforms or, indeed, would be worse [...]
The Samosa / Pasty Tax
Almost as soon as we referred to the Samosa Tax, it was nicknamed the Pasty Tax – so this is what we shall call it. The Pasty Tax was one of the ‘new’ taxes announced at Budget 2012, which we reported on at the time. Therefore, it makes sense to keep you updated on the [...]
National Insurance ‘Holiday’ Unsuccessful
Prime Minister David Cameron has conceded that the Regional Employer NICs Holiday for New Businesses scheme announced in the Government’s June 2010 Budget, has not had the expected take-up. This scheme, available for the qualifying period 22 June 2010 to 05 September 2013 gives a Secondary NICs ‘holiday’ to new businesses which are set up [...]
