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Tax Freedom Day

  • Brits to spend half a year waiting for Tax Freedom Day after Labour tax hikes

    Tax Freedom Day is set to be on the latest ever date within a matter of years, fresh research has revealed, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves showing no signs of cutting taxes in the near future, given inflated spending.  Reeves unveiled billions more cash to be injected into several departments at yesterday’s Spending Review while funding [...]

    Entrepreneurs are warning Reeves not to mess with income tax
  • Happy Tax Freedom Day! You’re working for the government longer than ever

    Opinion

    Today is Tax Freedom Day, the point in the year where British workers earn enough to pay their off their tax bill and start working for themselves – and it’s later than at any point since 1981, says James Lawson “There is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program”. So wrote 20th-century American economist [...]

    SMEs could be hit by new Companies House filing rules

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