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The Autumn Budget 2024
Key Announcements
- Plans to include an individual’s undrawn pension fund in their inheritance tax estate from April 2027.
- Plans to restrict inheritance tax agricultural and business property reliefs from April 2026.
- Another change in approach for businesses utilising double-cab pick-up vehicles, coming into effect in April 2025.
- From April 2025, many employers will face increased costs due to a 6.7% rise in the national minimum wage, bringing it to £12.21, and substantial reforms to employers’ national insurance contributions, which will increase from 13.8% to 15%.
- Confirmation that 20% VAT will apply to private school fees for the school term beginning in January 2025.
- Immediate increases to Stamp Duty Land Tax, including for those buying residential property when they already own at least one dwelling.
- Immediate increases to capital gains tax rates with further uplifts in relation to some business disposals from both April 2025 and April 2026.
The latest Budget was packed with policy announcements, but according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), these policies will not really change the UK’s growth outlook over the next five years. Compared with the forecast it prepared in March 2025, the OBR has lifted its expectation for growth this year but then marks it down every year through to 2030. If you were hoping for a clearer sense of the economy’s direction after the Budget, the message is mixed at best. No Further NI Increase One point of relief from the Budget was what didn’t happen. After last year’s significant rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions, there were no major new tax costs for employers. However, meaningful pro-business measures were also limited and could leave you wondering where business growth is going to come from.
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Many possible changes were the subject of speculation leading up to the Budget:
this list includes things that have been ruled out, as well as changes that the Chancellor announced
These key points include measures that were announced previously but are about to come into force
Measures which will not take effect until future dates are listed separately below
Implemented immediately
100% CGT relief for disposals of shares to Employee Ownership Trusts is restricted to 50% from 26 November 2025
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