Government accused of undermining green tax breaks

James S Murray
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New tax breaks on capital investments threaten to dilute appeal of green tax break scheme

Tax breaks on businesses' green investments could be seriously undermined from April due to proposed changes to the tax allowances available for capital investments. Under the new Annual Investment...

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