Budget Report 2010: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP experts available for comment

The following experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) are available to offer analysis and comment in the lead up to, and on the day of, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s 2010 Budget Report speech – due to take place at 12:30pm on Wednesday 24 March.  Please contact the experts direct or call the PwC Budget media hotline on 020 7804 6924.

 

Area of expertise	Name	Office number	Mobile number
General overview:  A View from the top.	Barry Marshall John Preston	020 7804 6924	07725 707175
The economy and public finances: How large will spending cuts and tax rises need to be and when should they start?	John Hawksworth	020 7213 1650
General corporate tax issues: Will we hear more detail on the ‘direction of travel’ of tax policy for business?	Barry Murphy	020 7804 5284	07715 546419
Public finances: How will cuts affect public services?	Jon Sibson	020 7212 2711	07515 119096
International corporate tax issues: Will we hear more on international tax policy positioning of the UK for the future?	Peter Cussons	020 7804 5260	07801 743376
Tax and climate change: Will we get a hint of where next for green tax?   Could the Copenhagen Accord impact tax policy for business and/consumers?	Mark Schofield Richard Gledhill  Jonathan Grant	020 7212 2527 020 7804 5026 020 7804 0693	07802 757741
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) powers:   As the new HMRC penalty and powers regime beds down and the ‘name and shame’ legislation provision comes into force.  Will we see more enforcement changes before an election?	Simon Wilks	020 7804 1938	07808 904143
VAT Will an increase in VAT be announced?	Mike Bailey	020  7804 3254	07703 503564
Entrepreneurs/private companies: Will Budget be enterprising?	Mary Monfries Alex Henderson	020 7212 7927 020 7804 6370	07801 685029 07843 329471
Personal taxes: With a new 50% tax rate coming into effect from 6 April will we also see changes to the capital gains tax rate?	Leonie Kerswill Clive Mackintosh	020 7213 8588 020 7804 5614	07714 226697 07710 371362
Wealth advisory: Will there be any pre-election measures announced to encourage saving?	Lindsay Todd Darrel Poletyllo Stephen Etherington	028 90415540   020 721 25272 020 721 24977	07803 210213 07590 351980 07739 874222
Residence and domicile: How will any changes impact companies with globally-mobile executives? How does the UK’s tax regime compare with other countries?	Sean Drury Ben Wilkins  Leonie Kerswill	020 7212 5552 020 7212 4096 020 7213 8588	07715 771294 07841 568912 07714 226697
Employment taxes: Will there be any plans to extend or revise existing tax and NIC exemptions (or rates) to support social and environmental needs or to raise more revenue for the Exchequer?	Matthew Hunnybun	020 7212 6927	07710 611648
Pensions: Will there be changes to encourage occupational pension provision?  How will any changes impact both high and low earners?	Marc Hommel Raj Mody	020 7804 6936 020 7804 0953	07801 767373 07974 969320
Pay and reward: Will there be changes in relation to employee incentives such as share plans and bonuses?	Jon Terry Carol Dempsey	020 7212 4370 020 7212 4641	07720 555397 07808 722570

 

For more information contact:

Georgina Rushie
Tax PR Manager, PwC 
Tel:020 7804 6924 
Mobile:07725 707 175 

 

Lydia Ruffles
Financial Services, PR Manager, PwC 
Tel:+44 (0)20 7212 1798 
Mobile:07966 319 780