Blogs
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Indirect Tax – Reflections on the Autumn Statement
30/11/2016
Not since the Autumn Statement replaced the Pre-Budget Report in 2010 has the UK’s second fiscal event taken place against a backdrop of greater uncertainty. With the twin unknowns of a Trump…
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Indirect Tax and Insurance: back to business as usual?
04/10/2016
The tax authorities must face the prospect of the Autumn months with some resolve: there is much to be done to keep the ship of business, and the UK economy, on course.
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The ABI's indirect tax in-tray: the issues affecting insurers
01/06/2016
David Jordorson, Policy Adviser, Taxation You could be forgiven for thinking that as the HMRC and HM Treasury are in EU Referendum ‘Purdah’, there is little going on in indirect tax issues that…
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Reflections on the 2016 Budget
18/03/2016
Huw Evans, Director General, Association of British Insurers The Budget is the ultimate piece of domestic political theatre. The Queen's Speech may have the best pictures but its contents are always…
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The Chancellor must resist any temptation to increase Insurance Premium Tax in next month’s Budget
01/03/2016
James Dalton, Director, General Insurance Policy, ABI The rise in the rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) from 6% to 9.5% announced in last year’s Budget did not grab the headlines. But it has had a…
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A Savers’ Bonus - personal responsibility and pension savings
26/10/2015
Tiffany Tsang , Policy Adviser, ABI Recent government research shows a startling fact: almost 11 million people with incomes below £52,000 are under-saving. Almost 60 percent of those people…