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Founders Relief set at 10% as BADR limit halved to £500,000
John Healey has created a new 10 per cent capital gains rate on lifetime gains up to £10m, and cut the Business Asset Disposal Relief limit in half. Where your exit lands now depends on its size.
City taskforce asks chancellor for £1.28bn of listing tax breaks
A lobby group chaired by the London Stock Exchange's chief executive has told John Healey that Britain is losing its best companies at the point they matter most. It wants three tax changes in the 28 October Budget.
Direct Line founder moves tax residence to Florida, sees "no meaningful benefit"
Sir Peter Wood says the switch does not cut his tax bill. He is putting £5m into an eighth insurance venture, with a claims office planned for Manchester.
SME R&D claims fall 19% as HMRC tightens the gate
HMRC counted 40,325 R&D tax credit claims in 2024-25, down 17 per cent, while the money claimed rose to £8.2bn. Fewer, bigger claimants are taking more of it.
OECD trims UK growth to 1% weeks before Healey's first Budget
The IMF says Britain must get its debt service costs under control. Founders should read both as a signal about tax and borrowing this autumn.
Foreign Office moves 438 of 500 contractor roles inside IR35
A year after admitting hundreds of its status assessments were wrong, the department still cannot say what it owes HMRC. Small firms get no such patience.
IoD asks Chancellor for five Budget changes, from tax to AI
The Institute of Directors has set out five priorities for the Autumn Budget. Three of them land directly on small employers: tax predictability, the Employment Rights Act, and a single AI support scheme for SMEs.
UK rules out exit tax on university spinouts
The government has said it will not charge founders a tax for moving a spinout abroad. Investors welcomed the decision.
Founders' campaign asks Chancellor to reverse three tax moves
Stop the Creep wants employers' National Insurance cut back, entrepreneurial reliefs restored and a fixed roadmap for business tax. Two of the three land directly on what a founder keeps.
45% of sole traders would rather take a job than file quarterly
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax started on 6 April. Research by the tax platform Taxfix says nearly half of sole traders would return to employment rather than comply, and 23% have already begun incorporating.