Commenting on which corporate tax measures business might been disappointed not to see in today’s budget, Chris Morgan, head of tax policy at KPMG in the UK, said:
“Most businesspeople will have felt cheered by today’s budget. There were plenty of positive tax measures especially for small business enterprises.
“But some businesses, particularly retailers, might feel a bit left out in the cold as there were no concessions on business rates.
“Infrastructure companies too, while undoubtedly buoyed up by the significant house-building programme and the extra capital projects funding announced earlier this week, may be disappointed not to see tax allowances for infrastructure investment. At a time when the Chancellor has displayed such largesse on tax it is a little strange that he decided not to do this.”
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