{"id":25526,"date":"2023-12-12T10:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smh.group\/?p=25526"},"modified":"2023-12-12T10:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:24:38","slug":"the-autumn-statement-give-and-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/the-autumn-statement-give-and-take\/","title":{"rendered":"The Autumn Statement give and take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Chancellor\u2019s national insurance contribution (NICs) \u2018giveaway\u2019 is no match for his income tax \u2018takeaway\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The central surprise in Jeremy Hunt\u2019s second Autumn Statement was a major reduction in NICs.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For employees<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>From 6 January 2024, the main class 1 contribution rate on earnings between \u00a312,570 and \u00a350,270 will be reduced from 12% to 10%. That amounts to a saving of up to \u00a3754 a year.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>For the self-employed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>From 6 April 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flat rate class 2 NICs (currently \u00a33.45 a week) will no longer be required, saving up to \u00a3179.40 a year. However, if annual profits are below \u00a36,725, class 2 contributions can continue to be made to secure contributory benefits, such as the state pension.<\/li>\n<li>The class 4 contribution rate on profits between \u00a312,570 and \u00a350,270 will be reduced from 9% to 8%, giving a saving of up to \u00a3377 a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was no change to the main employer contribution rate (13.8%), nor for employee and self-employed contributions above the \u00a350,270 threshold. Nevertheless, the cost to the Treasury of the NICs reform will be around \u00a310 billion a year. Cutting individual NICs by 1% is cheaper than cutting basic rate income tax by 1% because NICs do not apply to investment income or earnings beyond state pension age (currently 66).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tax windfall\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The \u00a310 billion \u2018giveaway\u2019 is affordable because of the unexpectedly large tax windfall that has been caused by the combination of high inflation and the freezing of the personal allowance and higher rate threshold. By not applying the once normal CPI-linked increases, the Exchequer will gain \u00a323.3 billion in 2024\/25, rising to \u00a335.7 billion by 2028\/29, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The same freezes also mean that nearly four million additional individuals will be expected to pay income tax and three million more will have moved to the higher rate by 2028\/29.<\/p>\n<p>It is little wonder that the total tax burden is on a path that the OBR projects will lead towards a post-war high, with 38p of every \u00a31 the UK economy produces being taken in tax. Despite what appeared a generous Autumn Statement, personal financial planning will remain as important as ever if you want to control your tax bill.<\/p>\n<p>To discuss your financial planning, contact our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/devstagesite.co.uk\/smhgroup\/financial-services\/\"><strong>Sheffield based Financial Advisers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>0114 266 4432<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@smh.group\"><strong>info@smh.group<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate tax advice.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor\u2019s national insurance contribution (NICs) \u2018giveaway\u2019 is no match for his income tax \u2018takeaway\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1148,1153,1149,1151,1150,1152],"class_list":["post-25526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-services","tag-chancellors-nics-giveaway","tag-fiscal-decision-impact","tag-income-tax-takeaway","tag-nics-reform-assessment","tag-tax-policy-analysis","tag-taxation-changes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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