Pre-Budget Report 2009 Introduction Personal tax Tax rates and allowances Furnished holiday lettings Pensions and Credits State Pension Rates of tax credit National Insurance Contributions Rates and limits: 2010/11 Rates and limits: 2011/12 Employees Bankers' bonuses Electric cars and vans Cars up to 2012 Car fuel Works canteen Savings Pension contributions Capital Gains Tax Annual exemption and rate Inheritance Tax Rates and threshold Stamp Duty/Stamp Duty Land Tax Extended holiday ends Corporation Tax Rate of tax Business Tax Bank payroll tax Capital allowances Research and development Time to pay Empty property rates relief Value Added Tax Standard rate Flat rate Other Measures Equitable liability Offshore disclosure opportunity Public sector pay and pensions Tax avoidance

State Pension The basic State Pension will increase by 2.5% in April 2010 to £97.65 per week for a single person and £156.15 for couples. The Government promised to increase the rate by the higher of 2.5% and inflation: as inflation has currently gone into reverse, this increase represents a larger than normal benefit- even if it is still very small in real terms.