Our summary of the key announcements the Chancellor’s 2015 Budget statement has been published and can be opened by clicking here We hope you will find it useful and interesting.
Unsurprisingly, the imminent General Election was one of the drivers of the 2015 Budget. Many of the proposals will not take effect until later in 2015/16 or the following tax years. If there is a change of government, some of them won’t survive.
Many of the measures were squarely aimed at savers. The new personal savings allowance will be worth up to £200 a year for people with savings income – except for 45% taxpayers. The introduction of a tax relief for peer-to-peer lending losses will please those who are in this rapidly expanding market.
There’s a special new ISA for investors who are first time home buyers and use their savings to purchase a home. The government will top up their savings by up to £3,000 on savings of up to £12,000.
There was good news and bad news for pensions. The lifetime allowance is to be cut yet again; but people will have the freedom to sell their pension annuities if they wish, though whether the protections for such sellers will be adequate is a moot point.
There was a raft of other measures and the usual crop of anti-tax avoidance proposals.
If you have any questions about the summary’s contents or how any aspects of your tax and financial planning may be affected by the Budget, please call us to discuss them.
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2015 Budget summary
2015 Budget summary
March 19th, 2015• Comments Off on 2015 Budget summary• Posted By Greenwood
Unsurprisingly, the imminent General Election was one of the drivers of the 2015 Budget. Many of the proposals will not take effect until later in 2015/16 or the following tax years. If there is a change of government, some of them won’t survive.
Many of the measures were squarely aimed at savers. The new personal savings allowance will be worth up to £200 a year for people with savings income – except for 45% taxpayers. The introduction of a tax relief for peer-to-peer lending losses will please those who are in this rapidly expanding market.
There’s a special new ISA for investors who are first time home buyers and use their savings to purchase a home. The government will top up their savings by up to £3,000 on savings of up to £12,000.
There was good news and bad news for pensions. The lifetime allowance is to be cut yet again; but people will have the freedom to sell their pension annuities if they wish, though whether the protections for such sellers will be adequate is a moot point.
There was a raft of other measures and the usual crop of anti-tax avoidance proposals.
If you have any questions about the summary’s contents or how any aspects of your tax and financial planning may be affected by the Budget, please call us to discuss them.