What would and should the Chancellor do this year?

jenniferpa

Make the additional personal allowance for the blind apply to all disabled. I don't know what the rationale is/was for making this only apply to the blind, but it really ticks me off.

lin473

Winter fuel allowance should be available for disabled people.

raymond

He will increase taxes and pay out more benefits.

He should stop unemplyment benefit for those with no medical reason not to work ... and I mean REAL medical reason.

If they wont work then pay their rent and give them food vouchers ... no booze and no holidays in the sun.

That should allow for tax reductions to 10% lower and 30% upper, and probably cut the NHS bills too.

Bet thats popular

cattie

lin473 wrote:

Winter fuel allowance should be available for disabled people.

Hear hear.

g.bordaen

and so say all of us

cattie wrote:

Hear hear.

burge74

(a) Probably make me want to sell my car, my house, quit my job & make up an illness so I can claim more in benefits than I can earn at work

(b) Bring back MIRAS on mortgage loans,
Increase inheritance tax to £400,000,
Remove road tax & replace with a higher tax % on fuel, so those who use it the most pay the most.
TAX high earners by 50% to cover above

CD_Man

I've heard that the stamp duty threshold maybe raised to £150k in tomorrows budget - any truth in this? Is it likely to happen?

Im in the process of buying my 1st place and if it does happen I'll have £1230 in my pocket :cool:

But I bet it doesnt happen.

scheming_gypsy

I think he should spend a year in the real world before doing a budget.
Earning a wage, paying a mortgage, smoking, drinking and paying for his own petrol before deciding how much we should pay in tax on everything.

ManAtHome

a) what he might do - more slimy taxes (aka 'stealth') indexing benefits, pensions, allowances to 'inflation', probably NI increases, perhaps some new and interesting 'environmental' taxes (obviously not petrol - too mainstream), may re-introduce the window tax.

b) what he should do - resign..

geo555

Abolish inheritance tax.
Introduce a flat rate tax at 25%.

High tax rates creates tax avoidance.