The latest Clay Shaw Butler Money Matters column from the Carmarthenshire Herald
The latest Clay Shaw Butler Money Matters column from the Carmarthenshire Herald. By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. Well, that made us sit up and pay attention! After all the fuss about tax credits, the Chancellor George Osborne did what can only be described as a U-turn when he presented the Autumn Statement and Spending Review in Parliament. His speech (the first Autumn Statement of this Parliament) and the supporting documentation presented to the House of Commons set out both tax and economic measures. Here’s our summary of what happened . . . In a nutshell, we saw - changes to the prospective Tax-Free Childcare scheme reversal of most of the tax credit proposals retaining the 3% diesel supplement for company cars which was to be abolished the introduction of an apprenticeship levy proposals to restrict tax relief for travel and subsistence expenses for workers engaged through e...