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TAXguide: 06/20 Spring Budget 2020

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Published: 12 Mar 2020 Update History

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Rishi Sunak delivered his first Budget of 2020 on 11 March. The Tax Faculty provides its summary of all the key tax announcements in this TAXguide.

The Tax Faculty provides a comprehensive summary of all tax related announcements in each Budget. This TAXguide outlines the announcements in the Spring Budget 2020, including:

  • the reduction in the lifetime limit for entrepreneurs’ relief from £10m to £1m;
  • increasing the research and development expenditure credit (RDEC) and structures and buildings allowance (SBA) rates;
  • reductions in business rates;
  • changes to the pensions annual allowance rules;
  • the reintroduction of postponed accounting for VAT on imports of goods;
  • the VAT zero-rating of e-publications; and
  • retaining the 19% corporation tax rate.
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TAXguide 06/20

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