Federation of Small Businesses

FSB: Public Accounts Committee tax report hailed by business

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed the report from the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on helping new businesses meet their tax obligations. Around 700,000 new businesses start up each year and their contributions to the Exchequer and to society can only be maximised if they survive. The PAC report contains… Read more »

FSB: Chancellor’s tax changes will hit entrepreneurs in retirement

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has warned that the proposed change to capital gains tax (CGT) taper relief, announced in the recent pre-Budget Report (PBR), will hit entrepreneurs in their retirement as well as in the normal course of business sales. Many business owners, who started from scratch and worked long hours at considerable… Read more »