Tuesday was Tax Day, a new concept to me. It’s neither, apparently, another Budget nor an autumn statement in Spring. More, it turns out, some thoughts about stuff it might be a good idea to do. All the same rumours abounded, relief on pensions to go, CGT overhauls, none, again, materialised. Instead, consultations, discussion documents and calls for evidence were announced, mostly about ‘improving and simplifying administration’ and the old chestnut of ‘tackling avoidance’. So what was all the fuss about? I can feel a conspiracy theory brewing…
“Advice firm Almond Financial moves to four-day working week”
The Four Day Week was much discussed and trailed post-COVID, when remote-working looked likely to end strap-hanging commutes for good and laptops on the kitchen table were to become the ’new norm’.