Dave Harvey
Commercial and environment correspondent, BBC West
Bbc
Katryn Bennett says that it faces an increase of £ 35,000 of national insurance costs
C charitable organizations and childcare nurseries say they are furious that they are faced with an increase in their national insurance bills, but are also powerless to increase their income.
From April 6, almost all employers will pay national contributions of higher insurance (NICS) for staff, which the government is necessary to finance public services.
But charitable organizations and some nurseries say that, unlike businesses, they cannot increase their prices.
“It’s totally unfair,” said Katryn Bennett, who has a children’s crèche.
She added: “If this treatment continues, people like me will leave”.
The government insisted that it had made “the necessary decisions on tax to stabilize public finances”.
When I came across the acorn’s day’s nursery in Someton, Somerset, it was hairdressing time.
“How would Madame like her hair today?” Taquina Mrs. Bennett, painting the hair of one of her four -year accusations.
She started the nursery 26 years ago, but now fears that she can close.
“I don’t want to do that to families, the community we love, but what do we do?” She said.
“We are dictated. We do not find ourselves without option.”
Childcare is paid by the good government, who have not increased to pay the additional NICS costs
Like many companies, his nursery faces a strong increase in nicks. With 21 employees, it will cost him about £ 35,000 more per year.
But unlike regular companies, it can do little in terms of cuts. Its number of staff members are set by the laws on child protection, maintaining the workers’ ratio to fixed children.
“And we are not allowed to increase our prices,” added Ms. Bennett.
All families whose children come in Acorn use good government, for what ministers call “free children”.
Parents pay small supplements for foods and articles such as art supplies.
But although a government arm has considerably increased the costs of Mrs. Bennett, the other arm has not increased the payments of good.
“I think it’s totally unfair, totally unfair, what are we supposed to do?” She said.
We asked the government why there was this imbalance.
A spokesperson for HM Treasury said that he will only provide (government) services and other public sector employers for additional national insurance costs “.
Private companies under contract by the government, they have confirmed, are not exempt from increases from the card of the service card and will not receive any specific support.
This means, for example, that NHS hospitals will get help but not hospices.
Brainwave therapists help young children with additional needs, but will also be affected by national insurance increases
For charitable organizations, the position is even worse. National insurance, after all, is not only a tax on companies but on all employers.
Keith Sinclair directs Brainwave, a specialized charity in Bridgwater, helping young children with disabilities and additional needs.
“We must still find £ 72,000 per year, and we are unable to transmit these costs to the people we support,” he said.
The whole of his charitable organization is based on the fact of not charging people who use their services, but the increase in the NIC card hits brain waves just as hard as any private enterprise.
Mr. Sinclair must already raise 2 million pounds sterling per year in donations, he must now find donors ready to pay for his increased tax bill.
Keith Sinclair said he was “angry” that his charitable organization must now collect £ 72,000
During my visit, I looked at a young child with learning difficulties was slowly trained to walk in a therapy room.
Later, a speech therapist played with him bubble games, apparently just for fun. But gradually, he made signal signals for “more” and “still”.
The work of this charitable organization is increasingly in demand, because the services within the NHS are more difficult to find for parents with disabled children. However, now the government is increasing its costs,
Mr. Sinclair said: “I feel angry, because we all know that health and social care are on my knees and we take more and more relay, then we are faced with increasing costs to do this.”
We asked the Treasury to comment on these cases.
A spokesperson said: “We support our charitable organizations thanks to a advanced tax regime that provided 6 billion pounds of alternatives for the sector last year, including exemptions from commercial prices.”
