Autumn Budget 2017
Thread for discussion around the Autumn budget this afternoon. We will be posting key points and expert opinion throughout the day. Feel free to jump in and add anything or ask questions.
A few pieces we have posted leading up to the budget below.
4 concerns for Philip Hammond ahead of the UK Budget
Philip Hammond views new tax collection measures for the Budget
Autumn Budget 2017: Will the nation’s small businesses get the help they require?
The budget announcement will kick off at around 12:30 GMT.
A few pieces we have posted leading up to the budget below.
4 concerns for Philip Hammond ahead of the UK Budget
Philip Hammond views new tax collection measures for the Budget
Autumn Budget 2017: Will the nation’s small businesses get the help they require?
The budget announcement will kick off at around 12:30 GMT.
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Direct links here, here and here.
Autumn Budget 2017 – the key tax implications (part 2)
I welcome @AAT_Team initiative to post the links on the forum - I don't always check on the AAT website as specific technical issues are not that easy to find (maybe that's just me though).
I registered on the AAT webinar on the subject and was a bit underwhelmed - I expected a discussion / more in-depth analysis of the impact of the budget rather than a series of slides merely covering what you can already find on the .gov website.
Surely @AAT_Team act as a facilitator on this forum and I wouldn't necessarily expect them to comment on the budget? Isn't it for other forum users to make comments?
It saddens me to see this forum has become so dead. I think it bothered a lot of people not being able to post in the professional area unless they share their membership details. But there might be other reasons.
As you participate in probably over 50% of the threads on here this place will become even more of a ghost town. That's a real shame.
I will be staying around. TBH I have been quite busy lately banning spammers selling all kind of fake passports. You spot them easily when the site is not too crowded :-)
Also in terms of the forums being 'dead' - that's actually not the case. Since the new design we have seen more sign-ups, more people visiting the site, who are staying longer and more uses of the search function. So vs where we were before it's an improvement.
All the best
There are valid points made by @Mickdundee and others though - I don't deny that the forum may attract more users but I would expect they are in the main students. The full members and Licensed members categories are extremely quiet at the moment and I would be interested to know why (apart from it being a very busy time of the year!)
As members, if I was to ask you to give me 3 reasons why a professional accountant should sign-up and put their time into regularly participating in conversations here. What would you say?
I would add that the forum allows you to double check on a technical point - we all have our senior moment.
And it's a great source of information for members starting up in practice.
I also like the more "relaxed" feel - some other forums are not so forgiving.
Discussion continued here.