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

Empty property rates relief The Government will extend the temporary increase in the threshold for business rates empty property relief for a further year, and will increase the value to which the relief applies. For 2010/11 empty commercial properties with a rateable value of up to £18,000 (2009/10: £15,000) will be exempt from business rates.