Early Day Motion·EDM 2391

SMALL COMPANIES RATE OF CORPORATION TAX

30 October 200826 Signatures

Motion Text

That this House recognises that small businesses across the United Kingdom provide employment to 13 million workers and are facing difficult financial pressures due to the economic downturn; and asks the Government to reconsider its plans for a further 1 per cent. rise in the small companies rate of corporation tax announced in Budget 2007 to take effect from April 2009.