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Spring Budget 2023 Recap - Pension changes

One of the key measures of the Spring Budget was the announcement that the £40,000 cap on annual pension contributions will be increased by 50% to £60,000 from 6 April 2023. Tax relief for contributions to pension schemes is given at a taxpayer’s marginal rate of Income Tax and is subject to the increased underlying limits. Taxpayers will continue to access carry-forward, unused annual allowances for the last three tax years if they have made pension savings in those years.

A Recap On The Spring Budget 2023 Announcements.

Jeremy Hunt delivered his first Spring Budget today, referring to it as a ‘Budget for Growth.’
The first part of the speech as usual dealt with the economic background and forecasts on which the budget has been based. According to the Chancellor the most recent forecast is that although the economy will not grow this year, it is likely that a technical recession will be avoided. It is expected that the rate of inflation will fall to 2.9% by the end of the year, and the Bank of England will continue to focus their interest rate policy on targeting a long-time inflation rate of 2%.

The Budget 2020 Overview

This was a budget delivered by a new Chancellor against the backdrop of a worsening COVID-19 crisis and recent economic shocks, and as a result the speech was probably very different to the one that was being prepared only a few weeks ago.

What now?

Even though many of the uncertainties that have plagued UK politics during 2019 are still to be decided, at least the hiatus in parliament has been resolved; the Conservatives now have a working majority and we can expect action on a number of fronts. 

Personal service company changes from April 2020

In the Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced that the “off payroll” workers rules that currently apply in the public sector would be rolled out to the private sector in 2020. The government have now issued a consultation paper that sets out proposed tax and national insurance changes that will impact on those supplying their services through personal service companies.