Tax Planning

George Osborne should use next week's Budget to increase the 40p tax threshold, according to two former Tory Chancellors.

The House of Lords' economic affairs committee has recommended a delay to the government's imminent tax crackdown on limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has for the first time withdrawn the venture capital trust (VCT) status of a company, after Oxford Technology breached one of its investment rules.

More than a million extra middle-income workers will have been dragged into the 40p tax bracket by next year because of George Osborne's plans to boost income for the low-paid.

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Tory pressure group Renewal has proposed scrapping the 40p higher rate of income tax and replacing it with a 45p rate for some earners.

The Labour Party has confirmed its policy to restrict higher-rate pensions tax relief to fund job creation will be in its 2015 manifesto.

It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend.

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