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February 1993
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The UK moves from March to December Budgets
Type: Journal Articles
Authors: Andrew W Dilnot and Mark Robson
ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 78-88

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Barring any very unexpected developments, next month's Budget Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be the last such speech to occur in March for the foreseeable future (and perhaps for ever) in the UK. As part of last year's budget package, the Government published a White Paper on budgetary reform (HMSO, 1992) which announced that in future, Budget Speeches would be made in December of each year rather than in March as at present. However, the tax year will continue to begin in April, so that the lead time between the announcement of tax proposals in the Budget and the coming into force of most of them will be extended from about three weeks to about 16.

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