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Chancellor says tax 94 times during Budget

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24th Mar 2016
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Andrew Davies, assistant financial controller at Lytham-based Inenco Group Limited, has been crowned the winner of TaxCalc’s 2016 Budget sweepstake after correctly guessing the number of times George Osborne said ‘tax’ in the Budget.

This year, TaxCalc’s sweepstake garnered a diverse range of guesses from AccountingWEB members, with one entrant believing the chancellor would say tax 1,467 times...

Over the course of his 63 min speech, the chancellor only mentioned tax on 94 occasions. This result is down compared to last year’s second Budget, when Osborne mentioned tax 127 times, but slightly more than 2014 and 2013. At 94 utterances, Osborne equalled his 2011 tax total.

Out of the 256 entrants, only one other entrant correctly guessed 94 mentions of the magic word. TaxCalc whittled these two down to one winner by plucking Davies’ name out of a hat. 

“I looked at how many times it was last year, but it was a total guess. I thought it would be a little less than last year with the EU referendum coming up. I guess he didn't want to upset anyone by mentioning tax too much,” Davies said, who is now a proud recipient of £250 in Amazon vouchers.

On the whole, Davies thought the Budget was good for business. “The big headline-grabbing thing for me was the rates deductions and CT going down in the future, so it seems quite optimistic.”

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By Scriptic
25th Mar 2016 13:55

How Many Times ....

.... did he say simplification?

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