Small Business Taxation (Hansard, 10 July 2003)

HC Deb 10 July 2003 vol 408 c927W 927W

§ 19. Mr. Baron
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of rises in taxation since 1997 on small businesses. [124661]

§ John Healey
The Government have taken a number of steps to reduce the impact of the tax system on small business and to reward entrepreneurship; including the introduction of a zero rate of corporation tax, tax credits for R&D, reductions in the rates of income tax and measures to reduce the administrative burden of VAT.