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<p><p><p>This Finance Act note discusses the changes to the small companies tax rate announced in the 2007 Budget in the wider context of the problems of small business taxation.</p></p></p>
Authors

Emeritus Professor University of Oxford
Professor Judith Freedman CBE is a Research Fellow of IFS. She is Emeritus Professor of Taxation Law and Policy at the University of Oxford.

Research Fellow University College London
Claire is a Research Fellow at IFS, working on the determinants and consequences of participation in childcare and education for parents and children.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- British Tax Review
- Issue
- November 2007
Suggested citation
Crawford, C. and Freedman, J. (2007), 'Small companies again'
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