Seems like this could be avoided if the big company tax avoiders were call to account
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Janet Cusworth
10 years ago
Go after the big guys - they can afford it
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Bruce Cusworth
10 years ago
This will kill small business entrepreneurs
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Anonymous
10 years ago
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so when I am off on mat leave this will completely change how I pay myself that year. Obviously I won't be earning any money and I wasn't planning on asking for any stat mat pay but maybe I will need to reconsider as I will not be able to pay myself as much. Great work.
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Lee Rolison
10 years ago
I'm getting more than fed up with this government targeting the small guys simply because they haven't got the courage to go after the big guys. Typical Tory cowardice
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Nigel Wilson
10 years ago
more tax ?????
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Jill Wright
10 years ago
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And to think I voted for the Tories. I just do not know how they expect us to save for our old age! Feel like spending every penny and they can look after me in my old age. What incentive is there for anyone to set up their own business nowadays unless of course it's Starbucks!
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Lisa Kelly
10 years ago
There you go - kick the small guy again, cant kick the big guys..... Plain wrong, no justice
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Anonymous
10 years ago
why hit the small bushiness .. tax the top 25% a fraction more and get more than the hard working bottom 25%
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David Keighely
10 years ago
The suggestion of the re-thinking of dividend taxation is unbelievable and emphasises the uneducated belief that small business owners (who will be most affected by the changes) have deep pockets and can afford to pay the most. When this measure is combined with a considerable hike in minimum wage, it will be small businesses who fail reducing employment opportunities and lowering the overall tax contributions to the treasury. This measure must not be allowed to come to fruition!
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Karen dinnes
10 years ago
Stop penalising hard working small businesses. The government should be dividing on large tax dodging companies such as Facebook , Starbucks etc who pay peanuts in taxes. And be fairer to us small companies. Abolish this new dividend tax.
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Tim Anker
10 years ago
A kick in the teeth for entrepeneurs
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Pam Knight
10 years ago
For micro businesses this is big blow and done so quietly! Can I put my prices up by 7%? No. It's way above the inflation rate. Would you get away with adding 7% on to the basic tax rate for employed people? No.
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Nicola Burrows
10 years ago
The small business owners could be the main lifeline to the economy & unemployment. Don't punish them.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Pension revisions
RTI
New tax on dividends
Increased regulatory requirements such as Office for National Statistics information collation & submission...
My, you really hate the strivers.
After being responsible for raising millions in taxes and employing & training significant numbers of staff, my response is this: Make employees redundant, liquidate the company and live off the state.
How does that result work for you as a response to your 'encouragement' to be striver?
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Murray Davidson
10 years ago
So I presume I now get holiday pay and sick pay like all my employed friends?
If you want to tackle IR35 style disguised employment then tackle disguised employment don't punish genuine self-employed people who run their own businesses. If you were reading the budget and not watching it you wouldn't have believed it was delivered by a Conservative government. Tax simplification is becoming a complete joke.
Scrap NIC, have the minimum wage as a tax free amount, 30% on everything else, maximum deductions of 25% of gross. Simples.
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David Thistlewood
10 years ago
The government should be supporting small businesses with the potential to grow and employ more people. This tax increase means we will have to do more work ourselves just to stand still and severely hampers our plans for next year to invest time and money on employing extra staff and grow the business further. A smack in the face for all small business owners who voted conservative thinking they were the party that supports entrepreneurs and backed small businesses to build the economy.
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Zoe Rodgers
10 years ago
Go and tax the bankers. Stop picking on the entrepreneurs of the country!!
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Hefin Jones
10 years ago
Hitting small business again
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Ken Chrysostomou
10 years ago
This is a betrayal of all those small business people that were encouraged to save in their companies for their retirement only to see their hard earned money snatched by the taxman. Utter disgrace!
Seems like this could be avoided if the big company tax avoiders were call to account
Go after the big guys - they can afford it
This will kill small business entrepreneurs
so when I am off on mat leave this will completely change how I pay myself that year. Obviously I won't be earning any money and I wasn't planning on asking for any stat mat pay but maybe I will need to reconsider as I will not be able to pay myself as much. Great work.
I'm getting more than fed up with this government targeting the small guys simply because they haven't got the courage to go after the big guys. Typical Tory cowardice
more tax ?????
And to think I voted for the Tories. I just do not know how they expect us to save for our old age! Feel like spending every penny and they can look after me in my old age. What incentive is there for anyone to set up their own business nowadays unless of course it's Starbucks!
There you go - kick the small guy again, cant kick the big guys..... Plain wrong, no justice
why hit the small bushiness .. tax the top 25% a fraction more and get more than the hard working bottom 25%
The suggestion of the re-thinking of dividend taxation is unbelievable and emphasises the uneducated belief that small business owners (who will be most affected by the changes) have deep pockets and can afford to pay the most. When this measure is combined with a considerable hike in minimum wage, it will be small businesses who fail reducing employment opportunities and lowering the overall tax contributions to the treasury. This measure must not be allowed to come to fruition!
Stop penalising hard working small businesses. The government should be dividing on large tax dodging companies such as Facebook , Starbucks etc who pay peanuts in taxes. And be fairer to us small companies. Abolish this new dividend tax.
A kick in the teeth for entrepeneurs
For micro businesses this is big blow and done so quietly! Can I put my prices up by 7%? No. It's way above the inflation rate. Would you get away with adding 7% on to the basic tax rate for employed people? No.
The small business owners could be the main lifeline to the economy & unemployment. Don't punish them.
Pension revisions RTI New tax on dividends Increased regulatory requirements such as Office for National Statistics information collation & submission... My, you really hate the strivers. After being responsible for raising millions in taxes and employing & training significant numbers of staff, my response is this: Make employees redundant, liquidate the company and live off the state. How does that result work for you as a response to your 'encouragement' to be striver?
So I presume I now get holiday pay and sick pay like all my employed friends? If you want to tackle IR35 style disguised employment then tackle disguised employment don't punish genuine self-employed people who run their own businesses. If you were reading the budget and not watching it you wouldn't have believed it was delivered by a Conservative government. Tax simplification is becoming a complete joke. Scrap NIC, have the minimum wage as a tax free amount, 30% on everything else, maximum deductions of 25% of gross. Simples.
The government should be supporting small businesses with the potential to grow and employ more people. This tax increase means we will have to do more work ourselves just to stand still and severely hampers our plans for next year to invest time and money on employing extra staff and grow the business further. A smack in the face for all small business owners who voted conservative thinking they were the party that supports entrepreneurs and backed small businesses to build the economy.
Go and tax the bankers. Stop picking on the entrepreneurs of the country!!
Hitting small business again
This is a betrayal of all those small business people that were encouraged to save in their companies for their retirement only to see their hard earned money snatched by the taxman. Utter disgrace!