Budget: Index of UKTECH articles updated 10.30am 18/3/5

UKTECH is providing updates and analysis of the issues affecting small businesses from the Budget. For ease of reference, I will keep this article near the top of the home page as an index for the Budget stories and update it as new stories appear.

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Budget (8): Qdos analysis - March 18

Qdos Consulting provides a downloadable analysis of the Budget

Budget (7): Consultation on owner-managed companies - March 17

The Government has put a deadline of April 29, 2005 on its consultation about taxation and small businesses.

Budget (6): Reactions to the Budget - March 16

Reactions and comments from various organisations and individuals

Budget (5): Clamp down on tax avoidance - March 16

The Treasury continues its clamp down on what it perceives to be 'tax avoidance' with further initiatives.

Budget (4): Consultation on tax administration - March 16

The Government has published its vision of how, once integrated, the Revenue and Customs departments (HMRC) will deliver 'real improvements in its relationship with small business and minimise administrative burdens'.

Budget (3): Opposition reaction - March 16

Opposition leaders immediately responded to the Budget in the House of Commons. Party politics and campaigning in advance of an expected General Election dominated the Budget and the responses.

Budget (2): Full speech - March 16

Full text of Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget speech.

Budget (1): Key points - March 16

Chancellor Gordon Brown has just concluded delivering his ninth Budget in the House of Commons. Some of the key points were as follows.