And my other post from this week on the big risks lurking in the budget small print. (Several Treasury folk have got in touch to say they're worrying about similar things...)

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Shall we see new branches of estate agents doing specialist valuations?

Would be interesting to separate out NICs and income tax

That doesn't sound like fun. Hope they sort it soon.

Oh know- hope you are not too cold and have charged everything up!

No I don’t think I shall take you as a usual case!

Interesting but I am not convinced about sensitivity to precise rates. You won’t pay NICs as a pensioner but i doubt most people have a clue what they pay- other than overall, once a year. so the plan to increase income tax and reduce NICs should have worked well for majority.

I would if I understood it!

Shall I sell them both to the highest bidder?

Totally agree carrying on is not for everyone and I was ready to relinquish my full time post to a younger person, but organisations that make it difficult to carry on in some capacity miss out and being patronised is especially annoying! Provision obviously needed for those who can’t continue.

Intend!

Don’t want to blow my own trumpet but this might be useful samf.substack.com/p/tax-policy...
If not, please let me know what you would like me to write about- would genuinely like to know.

Perhaps the plan is for it to be invalid?

Whatever the market will bear I expect - but they do that anyway.