Key Tax Updates from the 2026 Budget - Seddons GSC

Five key tax talking points before next week’s budget

Chancellor John Healey is set to deliver his inaugural budget next week, with taxation emerging as a significant policy area despite Labour’s election commitment to maintain current rates on income tax, national insurance, and VAT. The upcoming fiscal announcement is expected to address various levies that have drawn recent scrutiny, including inheritance tax, capital gains tax, and property-based charges. Inheritance tax has become increasingly…

Taxing times ahead for Scottish savers, investors and business owners

The Budget has brought a number of significant changes to business reliefs, inheritance tax, savings and pensions, with implications for Scottish taxpayers, write John McArthur, Partner and Laura Wilson, Associate, Gillespie Macandrew LLP

Poll: Should Healey have done more for investors in the Budget?

Investors avoided capital gains tax and dividend tax hikes in John Healey’s first Budget, but did the chancellor miss an opportunity to boost investing in the UK? Tell us what you think in our poll.

Key Tax Updates from the 2026 Budget - Seddons GSC

The Chancellor delivered the 2026 Budget on 28 October 2026. Whilst the main rates of capital gains tax and income tax on earnings remain unchanged, several measures will affect how individuals hold investments, plan the sale of a business and structure their wealth. Below, we summarise the key changes that are most relevant to our […]