Election means low expectations for UK budget

March 18 2010

Professionals do not expect to see any major changes to taxation when the UK budget is announced next Wednesday. At the same time, the proximity of a general election, due by the first week of June, means predictions are difficult. Taxpayers and their advisers have been left wishing for changes rather than forecasting them

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