356 – Pre-Budget Report verdict
AS one colleague wittily observed on Twitter, a Pre-Budget Report or pre-election speech? A comment, I notice, also used by the Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne. Well, with the politicking of
341 – Cut out the red tape, Mr Darling
I DON’T know about you, but I’m not very good with the admin side of the business. I’d rather deal with a new story than deal with a new form.
88 – Business mileage rates stay static
The Pre Budget Report reduced VAT but reintroduced fuel duty – a 2p per litre rise. I think we’ve understood this government long enough to know that what’s given is
86 – So how was the Pre Budget Report for you?
I think there are some glimmers of hope and respite for small businesses that we can pull out of Chancellor’s Pre Budget Report. From a motoring perspective those small business
Pre Budget Report increases fuel duty
The Chancellor has ended the Government’s freeze on fuel duty increases with a 2p a litre rise in duty from 01 December 1, 2008.
Company car fuel benefit rises
The Pre Budget Report has pushed up the taxes on business car motoring.
From next April the taxable benefit for receiving ‘free fuel’ goes up.
The tax arises when a business
Personal contract hire is Pre Budget Report winner
The reduction of VAT to 15% from 01 December 2008 will make personal contract hire (PCH) leases cheaper.
PCH leases benefit because the VAT is included in the monthly lease rental.
Pre-Budget Report increases business motoring costs
THE CHANCELLOR should have left you in little doubt: your business motoring costs are going to rise following Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report.
The Chancellor confirmed that VAT will increase to 17.5%
Fuel duty rise hits van operators and traders
THE rise in fuel duty announced in the Pre-Budget Report will increase van operating costs.