On 11 March 2020, Rishi Sunak delivered his first Budget as Chancellor. Marissa Thomas, PwCs Head of Tax discusses what the Budget did and didn't deliver with Jon Richardson, PwC’s Head of Tax Policy, and Gavin Barwell, ex Chief of Staff to Teresa May and current special adviser to PwC.

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Talking Tax S1E13 - Chancellor's Budget 2020 - A Budget of two halves

500 days since the last Chancellor’s Budget, what announcements are we likely to see from Rishi Sunak on 11 March? Anna Wallace, Corporate Affairs Director at PwC discuses with Jon Richardson, PwC’s Head of Tax Policy and Gavin Barwell, ex Chief of Staff to Teresa May and current special adviser to PwC.

Talking Tax S1E12 - What will see in this year’s Chancellor’s Budget?

What do the OECD proposals around the taxation of digitalisation mean for businesses and the tax system as a whole? Amal Larhlid, PwC’s Global Fiscal Policy Advisory Leader discusses with Dave Murray and Phil Greenfield, Global Tax Policy Advisers.

Talking Tax S1E11 - The Taxation of Digitalisation

In this time of uncertainty, sharing wider views on the direction of tax policy is critical. Stella Amiss, Head of Tax Policy at PwC discusses the outcomes of some of our recent focus-group workshops with students from Manchester Business School with Wendy Wild, University lecturer at Alliance Manchester Business School and Iain McCluskey, Partner at PwC.

Talking Tax S1E10 - What do we want the UK to look like beyond Brexit, and how do we get there?

The way we work is changing; whether you call it contracting, the gig workforce, or off-payroll working, contingent labour is reshaping the way we work. Barry Murphy, Partner at PwC, discusses what this means for businesses, individuals and the tax system with Julian Sansum, Partner and Employment lead at PwC, and Juliet Stuttard, Director of Workforce Transformation at PwC.

Talking Tax S1E9 - What's the impact of contingent labour?

The industrial strategy sets out a blueprint for how the UK can address key areas such as growth, infrastructure and digitalisation but what does this mean for tax? Barry Murphy, Partner at PwC discusses with Stella Amiss, PwC's Head of Tax Policy and Helen Miller, Deputy Director at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Head of the Tax Sector.

Talking Tax S1E8 - What’s the role that tax can play in the industrial strategy?

The Chancellor announced a new UK digital services tax in his latest Budget. How will this impact businesses and what other international reforms in this area will businesses need to navigate through? Stella Amiss, Tax Partner, discusses with Alenka Turnsek, Tax Partner and Dave Murray, Director of Tax Policy.

Talking Tax S1E7 - What will be the impact of the UK digital services tax?

The Chancellor has a called an early Autumn Budget this year, in theory the last one before Brexit. What new measures and changes might we see? Stella Amiss, Tax Partner discusses with Anna Wallace, Director of Political Relations and Iain McCluskey, Tax Partner at PwC.

Talking Tax S1E6 - The last Chancellor's Budget before Brexit- what will we see?

It’s not a new concept, but tax hypothecation is back under the spotlight. Most recently it’s been discussed to address the challenge of funding the rising demand on health and social care services in the UK. How can you understand the benefits and drawbacks? Are there ways in which it might be an useful addition to the Chancellor’s tool box? Listen to Tax Partner, Barry Murphy, Stella Amiss, Head of Tax Policy and Caroline Macfarland, Director at Common Vision (CoVi) discuss and explore some of the findings of PwC sponsored CoVi report on hypothecated taxes.

Talking Tax S1E5 - What’s the deal with hypothecated taxes?

One of the biggest tax stories of recent months has been the sweeping changes being made to the US tax system. It's clear that when the world's biggest economy makes significant tax changes, it's a big deal worldwide, the effects are far-reaching and could affect all of us. What are the implications for policy makers, and what should businesses be aware of? Barry Murphy, Partner at PwC explores in conversation with Tom Pattern, a US Tax Partner in PwC and Will Morris, our Deputy Global Tax Policy Leader at PwC.

Talking Tax S1E4 - US Tax Reform - Why it's a big deal?

How do you tax digital business? Headlines abound about whether enough tax is raised from big digital businesses. Yet surely the growth of online business is a boom for the economy - generating profits and wages that are taxed? If not enough tax is being collected, are tax rules being circumvented or are the rules not fit for purpose. Is the situation going to get worse as the digital economy grows further. Barry Murphy, Partner at PwC discusses with Roxanne Morison, Senior Policy Adviser on digital at the CBI, and Alenka Turnsek, Tax Partner at PwC.

Talking Tax S1E3 - How do you tax digital business?

There’s a lot of noise building around the challenging conditions for the Chancellor. On the one hand there’s growing pressure for more spending on public services and on the other the need to cut borrowing and debt. Will the Autumn Budget be one of giveaways or take-aways? Barry Murphy, Partner at PwC discusses with Stella Amiss, Head of Tax Policy and Anna Wallace, Head of Political Relations at PwC.

Talking Tax S1E2 - Are tax rises inevitable this Budget?

Barry Murphy, Partner at PwC, is joined by Jill Rutter, Programme Director at the Institute for Government, and Kevin Nicholson, Head of Tax at PwC, to discuss how to get more people engaged on tax and whether it's possible to have a sensible debate on what can be a divisive issue.

Talking Tax S1E1 - Is it possible to improve debate on tax?

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