This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Stop the Government from increasing tax for the self-employed.
The Government announced in the 2017 spring Budget that they intend to increase class 4 national insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed from 9% to 11% over the next two years. The Budget also includes a decrease in the allowance from £5,000 to £2,000 for dividends from 2018.
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Full details of the 2017 spring Budget can be found on the .Gov.uk website here - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2017-documents/spring-budget-2017#tax
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Why was this petition rejected?
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The Chancellor has announced today (15 March) that the proposed changes to National Insurance for self-employed people won’t go ahead.
The Chancellor made a statement about this to the House of Commons. You can find out more, including how to watch the statement and read a transcript, here:
You can read a letter about this issue, which the Chancellor has sent to the Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee (Andrew Tyrie MP), here:
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