Mar 12 2008 by jez Davison, Evening Gazette
At boiling point
- Tees wants a freeze on duty
RATE RELIEF
Temperature indicator: Very hot - Tees says scrapping relief will stifle regeneration
CAPITAL GAINS TAX:
Hot - Tees says unwanted tax is strangling small businesses
GREEN TAX:
Very warm - Tees says they mustn’t damage biofuel production
ALCOHOL DUTY:
Warm - Tees pubs and brewers need help to combat spiraling barley prices
STAMP DUTY:
Fairly warm - Tees needs a threshold increase to reinvigorate housing market
NI CONTRIBUTIONS:
Cool - Tees says extra tax on high earners won’t put off entrepreneurs