Budget
News release index
HM TREASURY
- HMT 1 New Ambitions for Britain - Budget 98
- HMT 2 Chancellor sets sights firmly on economic stability: Code for Fiscal Stability issued
- HMT 3 Government launches a new deal for working families: making work pay (see also HMT 11)
- HMT 4 Budget boost for Welfare to Work: Gordon Brown announces further extension of the New Deal (see also HMT 2, HMT 2, HMT 11, HMT 12)
- HMT 5 Gordon Brown announces radical national insurance reform (see also HMT 6, IR 44)
- HMT 6 Martin Taylor's proposals on work incentives (see also HMT 5)
- HMT 7 Budget Boost for Enterprise (see also HMT 15, IR 8, IR 9, IR 10, IR13, IR 16, C&E 1)
- HMT 8 Fairness in the Budget (see also HMT 3, HMT 9, HMT 10, HMT 13, IR 2, IR 9, IR 35, IR 40, C&E 8)
- HMT 9 Women and the Budget
- HMT 10 A Budget for Children
- HMT 11 Budget for Disabled People
- HMT 12 More money for health, education and transport
- HMT 13 Tax Measures to help protect the Environment (see also C&E 17, C&E 18, C&E 19, HMT 16, IR 6)
- HMT 14 Economic instruments for industrial and commercial use of energy (see also HMT 13)
- HMT 15 University Challenge: unlocking Britain’s commercial potential
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HMT 16 New Vehicle Excise Duty System to protect the environment (see also HMT 13)
INLAND REVENUE
- IR 1 Income tax: rates and allowances
- IR 2 Fairness in savings
- IR 3 Inheritance tax: increase in threshold
- IR 4 Millennium Gift Aid to help the world’s poorest countries
- IR 5 Fairer treatment of redundancy settlements
- IR 6 Income tax: taxation of company cars and car fuel from 6 April 1998
- IR 7 Pensions scheme earnings capIR 8 Corporation tax rates: a further reduction from April 1999
- IR 9 A modern system for corporation tax payments
- IR 10 Extension of enhanced first-year capital allowance for small and medium-sized businesses
- IR 11 Self assessment for companies
- IR 12 Taxation of income from property
- IR 13 Tax incentives for venture capital
- IR 14 Review of double taxation relief for companies
- IR 15 Formal consultation on the North Sea fiscal regime
- IR 16 Capital gains tax reform
- IR 17 Capital gains tax: phasing out of retirement relief
- IR 18 Capital gains tax: rate for trusts and estates
- IR 19 Capital gains tax: annual exempt amount
- IR 20 Capital gains tax: temporary non-residence
- IR 21 Capital gains tax: countering bed and breakfasting of shares
- IR 22 Capital gains of companies: further review
- IR 23 Stamp Duty
- IR 24 Controlled foreign companies (CFC’s): self assessment and other changes
- IR 25 Modernisation of the transfer pricing legislation: outcome of consultations
- IR 26 Transfer pricing and advance pricing arrangements
- IR 27 Taxation of gilts and accrued income scheme
- IR 28 Requirement for taxpayers to notify the Inland Revenue of adjustments to foreign tax paid
- IR 29 Withdrawal of cash basis practices for professions
- IR 30 Labour supply in the construction industry
- IR 31 Inheritance tax: better public access to heritage assets
- IR 32 Countering avoidance of PAYE obligations
- IR 33 Countering exploitation of foreign earnings deduction
- IR 34 Capital gain buying: avoidance by groups of companies
- IR 35 Pension schemes: clamping down on tax avoidance
- IR 36 Remuneration in shares subject to forfeiture or conversion
- IR 37 Tackling exploitation of the provisions for profit-related pay
- IR 38 Taxation of life insurance policy holders
- IR 39 Capital gains tax: offshore trusts
- IR 40 Double taxation relief: anti avoidance
- IR 41 Correction to group relief rules for consortiums
- IR 42 Easier access to the Inland Revenue
- IR 43 Help for new employers to reduce costs and create jobsIR 44 Good news for employers-Contributions Agency teams up with Inland Revenue
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
- C&E 1 VAT thresholds increased and consultation announced
- C&E 2 Scottish Housing Associations to benefit from VAT changes
- C&E 3 Help for bad debts on barter deals
- C&E 4 Excise traders to have extended rights of appeal
- C&E 5 Spirits duty frozen - beer, wine and cider increased in line with inflation
- C&E 6 Duty on low strength sparkling wine and sparkling cider come closer into line
- C&E 7 Tobacco and health - smokers to pay more
- C&E 8 VAT: crackdown continues on artificial avoidance
- C&E 9 Changes to Insurance Premium Tax on travel insurance
- C&E 10 VAT group treatment consultation
- C&E 11 Increase in VAT charge for private mileage in business cars
- C&E 12 Gaming duty - increase for larger casinos
- C&E 13 Duty changes for amusement machines
- C&E 14 Air passenger duty: registration help for foreign airlines
- C&E 15 Beer drawback - law simplified
- C&E 16 Oils - clearer duty system
- C&E 17 Fuel duties increased to improve urban air quality and reduce greenhouse emissions
- C&E 18 Chancellor cuts VAT to help less well off keep warm
- C&E 19 Action to improve environmental benefits of landfill tax
OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
- DETR Investing in Rural Public Transport
- DSS Countering avoidance of national insurance contributions
- DTI John Battle welcomes abolition of gas levy and consultation on reform of the North Sea fiscal regime
- NIO Increased investment in key priorities for Northern Ireland welcomed by Mo Mowlam
- SO Extra investment in Scotland on key priorities
- WO Ron Davies welcomes extra cash for Government’s key priorities
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