Business Tax

SME organisation calls for MTD reforms.

Expenditure on R&D as percentage of GDP trails behind target.

Opposition would increase digital services tax to fund the move.

Calls for rates reform ahead of Government review.

Reform could create as many problems as it solves.

A tax hike could generate £14bn a year.

A fifth of self-employed people will face extra one-off costs.

It could cost households up to £172 a year.

Tax receipts were £1.7bn higher than predicted.

Companies invest less than before the policy’s introduction.

More than 550,000 workers have already claimed.