Budget 29.10.2018 - A Useful Summary01 - 11 - 2018Following Phillip Hammond’s budget on Monday 29 October 2018 we have put together a brief summary of some of the announcements that we believe you may find of interest.
Personal
Taxation
- Personal Tax
Allowance 2019/20 and 2020/21 - £12,500.
- Basic Rate Tax Band
2019/20 and 2020/21 – £12,501 to £50,000 in England and Wales.
- Higher Rate Tax
Band 2019/20 and 2020/21 – starts at £50,001 in England and Wales.
- Tax Rates and
Thresholds for Scotland will be announced on 12 December 2018.
- National Living
Wage for those aged over 25 to increase to £8.21 per hour.
- Primary
National Insurance Threshold 2019/20 - £166 per week.
- Upper
Earnings Limit for National Insurance - £962 per week.
- Dividend
Tax Allowance remains at £2,000 as at 06.04.19.
- Capital
Gains Tax Annual Exempt Amount for individuals 2019/20 £12,000.
Savings
- Starting
rate for savings will be kept at its current level of £5,000.
- Cash and
shares ISA’s combined limit £20,000.
- Lifetime
ISA limit £4,000.
- Junior
ISA limit £4,368.
Self
Employment Taxation
- Class 2
NI has not been abolished for 2019/20 and will be £3 per week.
- Class 2
NI 2019/20 is payable above Small Profits Threshold £6,365.
- Class 4
NI Lower Profit Limit £8,632.
- Class 4
NI Upper Profit Limit £50,000.
Welfare
and Pensions
- The
Lifetime allowance for pensions will increase to £1,055,000 for 2019/20.
Transport
- No rise
in fuel duty for ninth year in a row.
- Air
Passenger Duty will not increase.
- E-Passport
gates, i.e. those available to EU citizens, at airports are to be opened for
use by people from USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.
Alcohol
and Tobacco
- Duty
on beer, most cider and spirits frozen.
- Duty
on wine and higher strength sparkling cider will rise by RPI inflation from 01
February 2019.
- Duty
on cigarettes to increase by 2% above inflation from 6pm on 29 October 2018.
- Hand
rolling tobacco duty will increase by 3% above inflation from 6pm on 29 October
2018
VAT
- VAT
threshold of £85,000 will be maintained until April 2022.
Property
- Letting
Relief as of 2020/21 to be restricted to where the Owner is in shared occupancy
with the Tenant.
Business
- Business
Rates for retail premises in England up to a rateable value below £51,000 will
be decreased by one third for 2 years starting from April 2019.
- 100%
Business Rates relief for all public lavatories.
- £1,500
Business Rates discount for office space occupied by local newspapers in
2019/20.
- New
Digital Services Tax of 2% to be introduced from April 2020 on some large
businesses.
- Reforms
to the taxation of off-payroll working (IR35 rules) in the private sector have
been deferred until April 2020 and will exclude small business.
- The
NI Employment Allowance will be restricted to employers with an employers NI
bill below £100,000 in their previous tax year.
- Corporation
Tax will remain at 19% for 2019/20.
- The
Annual Investment Allowance will increase to £1million between 01 January 2019
and 31 December 2020.
Other
- First time
buyer exemption from Stamp Duty Land Tax for purchases up to £300,000
- First time
buyers of homes worth between £300,000 and £500,000 will not pay stamp duty on
the first £300,000.
- No relief for
those buying properties over £500,000.
The
above is meant as an indication of the main points included in the Autumn
Statement 2018. The information should not be relied upon as taxation advice.
Please
contact us at Foremans LLP on 01244 625 500 for a free no obligation discussion
on any of the changes above.