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Cameron admits National Insurance holiday scheme 'didn't work'

2012-01-05 10:19 - 937 reads

The prime minister has confessed that the government's scheme to exempt new companies from National Insurance contributions did not achieve the success ministers hoped for.

NI holiday: 393,000 fewer firms than predicted get involved, Cameron admits

2011-10-12 11:13 - 1061 reads

Only 7,000 businesses have taken part in the initiative allowing small firms to avoid paying National Insurance despite the government predicting that 400,000 would do so.

Tax thinktank urges merger of income tax and NICs

2011-03-10 15:38 - 1910 reads - 1 comment

The merger of income tax and national insurance has been recommended by the body set up by the government to suggest ways of simplifying UK tax.

Budget 2011: Extend NI holiday to all employers, accountants tell government

2011-03-08 09:45 - 1918 reads

George Osborne should use the forthcoming Budget to exempt all employers, not just start-ups, from National Insurance payments for new recruits in their first year, experts claim.

National Insurance holiday for start-ups begins

2010-09-06 12:01 - 2725 reads

Entrepreneurs running a new business outside of London, the South East and East England from today do not have to pay National Insurance contributions for their first 10 workers.

Start-ups in most deprived areas exempt from deprivation-fighting NIC scheme

2010-09-01 10:44 - 2568 reads

New companies in many of the UK's most deprived areas will not benefit from the government's National Insurance exemption scheme which is aimed at helping such businesses.

The first decent Budget for business in years

2010-06-23 09:09 - 974 reads

The Emergency Budget is the first decent Budget for entrepreneurs for some time and is exactly what the UK needs to help rebuild economic activity, say Lesley Stalker and Paul Webb.

Emergency Budget 2010: Is your business eligible for the National Insurance exemption scheme?

2010-06-22 17:25 - 2330 reads

Rebecca Benneyworth outlines how the new National Insurance Contributions exemption scheme announced in the Emergency Budget will impact on small businesses.

Emergency Budget 2010: National Insurance increases

2010-06-22 13:58 - 1689 reads

The National Insurance contribution rate rises proposed by Alistair Darling will take effect next April, as confirmed by a press notice issued after today’s Emergency Budget.

Emergency Budget 2010: Chancellor confirms National Insurance tax break for start-ups

2010-06-22 13:31 - 1957 reads

The government has announced the creation of a scheme allowing new businesses in certain regions to avoid paying National Insurance Contributions for their 10 employees.

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