Budget 2001: What's in IT for you?

Proposals to meet skills shortages, concessions to contractors outraged over IR35 tax changes, and signs of more substance behind the government's claim to be the home of European ecommerce - just three of the topics IT executives will be hoping Chancellor Gordon Brown's fourth spring budget addresses.

Read on for vnunet.com's real-time reporting of today's budget and how it affects technology employers and employees.

Budget 2001: IT firms' wishes granted
7 Mar 2001, by SA Mathieson
Chancellor Gordon Brown has given technology firms much of what they wanted in his fifth Budget speech. In a move aimed at boosting "competition, innovation and entrepreneurship", Brown announced further reforms of taxes on employee share ownership.

Budget 2001: Pre budget statement bypasses IT
6 Mar 2001, by SA Mathieson
Some of the contents of Gordon Brown's Budget are already known. The annual Pre-Budget Statement in November gives the Chancellor the chance to outline proposals before providing details in the Budget itself.

Budget 2001: CSSA wants share tax changes
6 Mar 2001, by SA Mathieson
The story of share option taxation is turning into something of a saga. The Computer Services and Software Association puts changes to the regime at the top of its Budget wish-list for the second year running.

Budget 2001:"Bad news for ebusiness"

Budget 2001:R&D tax break for all?

Budget 2001: IR 35 see you in court

Dotcoms look to the Chancellor

Budget 2001:Research tax break widened

Brown mulls training credit

Share boost for startups