A crise enfrentando os negócios quando entramos nos meses finais de 2022 é indiscutivelmente maior do que aqueles que tivemos que superar durante a pandemia. Agora. Que o primeiro ministro-eleito Liz Truss implementará duas medidas pelas quais o DIB está pedindo desde o ano passado: uma reversão do aumento do seguro nacional e o cancelamento do aumento de impostos corporativos de 19% a 26%. Oportunidade para as empresas atrasarem e reestruturarem seus empréstimos relacionados ao governo e covid. A cobrança de impostos comerciais devidos, com um tempo mais generoso para os acordos de pagamento incentivados pró-ativamente.
The government acted to get businesses through that challenging period with a series of measures, furlough being the main support tool, though there was also a high reliance from many companies of loans – which ironically most are having to start to be repayed around about now.
Combine increased interest rates, a hike in inflation, difficulties with supply chains, the cost-of-living crisis, wage demands, staff shortages, and the catastrophic energy prices – and it is easy to see why we are experiencing a perfect storm that many are predicting will see a big number of companies go to the wall this winter – particularly, though not exclusively, in the hospitality sector.
It appears that the Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss will implement two measures that DIB has been calling for since last year: a reversal of the National Insurance increase, and the cancellation of the corporation tax hike from 19% to 26%.
However, on their own, those changes now don’t touch the sides in terms of the support businesses need.
The further policies that need to be considered are:
- The opportunity for companies to delay and restructure their COVID – related, government-backed loans.
- The Bank of England to abandon any plans to increase interest rates further.
- Energy companies to adopt a ‘profit sacrifice’ for at least two years – or face the prospect of nationalisation.
- Business Rate subsidies.
- A more sympathetic approach from HMRC in collecting business taxes owed, with more generous time-to-pay arrangements pro-actively encouraged.
O que quer que as pessoas pensem de Liz Truss, ela estará procurando novas iniciativas para enfrentar uma tempestade econômica que ela sabe que poderia dedicar seu tempo à vida curta de 10 Downing Street. Para o bem da saúde de curto prazo do país, esperamos que o Tesouro tenha um pacote de políticas que ela possa implementar com rapidez e sucesso.
