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Chart of the week: Budget 2025 debt blues
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- 05 Dec 2025
Our chart this week illustrates how despite being a “tax-raising Budget”, the cumulative net effect of all the changes announced last week is to add £61bn to the public sector net debt forecast for 31 March 2030.
Budget expected to have negative impact on businesses, says ICAEW
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- 04 Dec 2025
An ICAEW poll has found that close to three-quarters of respondents agreed the Budget would negatively impact their organisation.
Taxpayers reminded to ensure returns are correct and complete
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- 03 Dec 2025
Following the publication of guidance earlier this year, HMRC is asking wealthy taxpayers to ensure that any legal interpretation applied in a tax return or other document sent to HMRC is "correct in both fact and law”.
Budget: New loan charge settlement opportunity
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- 02 Dec 2025
The government has said it will accept almost all of Ray McCann’s recommendations for a new settlement opportunity and go further by writing off the first £5,000 of debt, in the hope that this will give individuals “a path to resolution”.
Budget 2025 announcements you may have missed
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- 02 Dec 2025
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty provides a summary of some of the Autumn Budget 2025 measures that didn’t make the headlines, from changes to tax relief for homeworkers to proposals for companies to report payments made to participators.
Companies first to be contacted about direct recovery of debts
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- 01 Dec 2025
ICAEW understands that some companies have received letters warning that HMRC may consider recovering funds it is owed directly from the company’s bank or building society accounts, with more to follow.
Budget: Are capital markets-boosting measures effective?
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- 01 Dec 2025
The Chancellor included two measures designed to encourage more UK listings and investment in UK public markets.
Economy explainers: what is the public balance sheet?
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- 28 Nov 2025
What is the 'public balance sheet' and what does it mean for people and businesses? ICAEW experts offer this simple guide on the public balance sheet – the government’s assets and liabilities – why they matter and the future outlook.
Economy explainers: public finances and spending
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- 28 Nov 2025
What are the public finances and how do they affect people and businesses? ICAEW experts offer this simple guide on how the government raises money and how it spends it, as well as the future outlook.
Economy explainers: what is the deficit?
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- 28 Nov 2025
Journalists and politicians talk a lot about ‘the deficit’. But what is it and how does it affect people and businesses? ICAEW experts offer this simple guide on the deficit, why it matters, and the future outlook.
Understanding the economic implications of the Budget
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- 28 Nov 2025
Economic update: ICAEW’s Economies Director Suren Thiru discusses the implications of the Budget, what you need to know about current economic conditions and key points to watch.
Member reaction to the Budget: ‘Nothing for growth’
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- 28 Nov 2025
ICAEW members deliver a muted response to the Chancellor’s raft of announcements, but express relief that there were no unexpected surprises for business.
ICAEW member insights November 2025: pre-Budget nerves
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- 28 Nov 2025
ICAEW members report subdued confidence across most sectors, shaped by uncertainty around the Budget. Recurring themes this month included varied consumer sentiment, shifting investment outlooks and adoption of new technologies.
Chart of the week: Autumn Budget 2025
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- 27 Nov 2025
Our chart this week looks at how the Chancellor used tax rises to refill and increase her budget headroom after forecast revisions and spending increases eliminated the projected current budget surplus for 2029/30.
Budget: Further changes made to CGT, IHT and residence rules
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- 27 Nov 2025
The Chancellor announced a number of changes to capital gains tax (CGT), inheritance tax (IHT) and the residence-based tax regime , including a change in the rules for disposals to employee ownership trusts (EOTs), effective immediately.
Budget: Key changes to income tax administration, payments and penalties
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- 27 Nov 2025
Easements for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax, penalty reform announcements and changes to self assessment payments.
Budget: Key changes impacting business taxation
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- 26 Nov 2025
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty provides a summary of some of the changes affecting businesses announced at the Budget, including capital allowances and business rates as well as adjustments to penalty rates for late corporation tax filings and increasing the limits for venture capital reliefs.
Budget: businesses dodge tax bullet, but costs will still bite
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- 26 Nov 2025
The Chancellor delivered a raft of small tax changes, rather than any big tax increases. But despite no increases in business taxes, the Budget offered few reasons to be cheerful.
Budget: Taxes on property, savings and dividends increased
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- 26 Nov 2025
The rates of income tax on savings, property and dividend income will increase by two percentage points and owners of high value homes will face a new council tax surcharge.
Budget: New levies include charge on electric vehicles
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- 26 Nov 2025
The Chancellor announced a number of changes to levies and duties at the Autumn Budget 2025, including the introduction of a new levy on drivers of electric cars from April 2028.
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