Budget

With budget pressures rising, could the Chancellor sweeten the deal by adding VAT to some guilty pleasures? From cakes to caviar, here are three tempting tax ideas ...

An Aberdeen tax expert has warned that potential drastic changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) as part of Labour’s Autumn Budget could stifle ...

Several of Scotland's business and sector organisations have called on the UK government to reduce the tax burden on Scotland's national drink ahead of the 30 October ...

Reforms to Inheritance Tax (IHT), Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and employer National Insurance (NI) could raise over £20 billion a year, and still pass a 'triple tax ...

Scottish accountancy firm Wbg has urged entrepreneurs to prepare for potential capital tax hikes in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' upcoming budget on 30 October. The advice follows figures ...

The Scottish Retail Consortium has called for injecting greater certainty into fiscal plans, spending restraint rather than tax rises, and tax competitiveness as central focus points in ...

City leaders have expressed concerns over the Prime Minister's warning of a "painful" Budget this autumn, urging caution against "punishing risk-takers" and "taxing wealth creators". In his ...

Alan Stewart, tax partner at MHA's Aberdeen office, provides analysis of the key Scottish implications from the Chancellor's Spring Budget, offering his insights into how the fiscal ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled a series of tax reforms in yesterday's Spring Budget, altering the UK's fiscal landscape. The most notable change sees National Insurance contributions for ...

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has applauded the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's decision to extend the alcohol duty freeze until February 2025, stating that a duty rise ...

Ahead of the Chancellor’s budget on 6 March, new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP has revealed that businesses would like to see government focus on investing ...

Scottish business leaders have welcomed the government's decision to freeze business rates for a further year. The basic property rate, known as "poundage", will be frozen at ...

Tax increases on higher earners in Scotland have entrenched the divergence in income tax regimes north and south of the border, financial experts have said. John Swinney, ...

Today, Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor of the Exchequer revealed his fiscal plans in his emergency 'Mini Budget' aimed at boosting the economy to reach his 2.5% growth ...

Scotland first ‘hub by Premier Inn’ on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile -Phil Wilkinson Budget hotel chain Premier Inn has invested £35 million into Edinburgh with three new hotels ...