Thursday 21 March 2013

Spring 2013 Budget Summary

Budget Highlights:

Personal allowance increased to £10,000 in 2014/15 and the higher rate threshold increased by £415 to £41,865.

A new tax-free childcare scheme, phased in from autumn 2015, to provide 20% of childcare costs up to £6,000 per child per year, for children under age 12.

The new single-tier state pension to be introduced from April 2016.

A £2,000 Employment Allowance for businesses and charities to set against their employer national insurance contributions from April 2014

A single rate of corporation tax of 20% for companies from April 2015.

Stamp duty to be abolished for shares listed on exchanges such as AIM from April 2014.

A limited one year extension of capital gains tax reinvestment relief for Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes.

A package of measures to increase the supply of low-deposit mortgages for credit-worthy households including a government-backed mortgage guarantee scheme from January 2014.

A raft of specific anti-avoidance measures alongside the new General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR)....

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