If your New Year’s resolution was to start cycling to work but you still haven’t got round to it, a reminder of the tax breaks available may yet galvanise you into action, says Steve Lodge …
Tax dodge of the week: get a VAT-free bike
Category: Personal Finance
What we can all do about bad banks
This is no time to be a bank manager. Not only are times getting tougher for your business (you don’t have as much money to lend out as you used to, nor as many people …
How to give yourself a money makeover
This doesn’t look like it is going to be much of a year. The US may be moving into recession, as may the UK. House prices are falling and are set to keep doing so. …
How to survive the credit crunch – sell your house
This article is taken from Merryn Somerset Webb’s free weekly personal finance email, Money Sense. We’ve heard that 41% of people paid for some part of Christmas on their credit cards; that more people than …
The truth behind rising mortgage fraud
This feature is part of our FREE daily Money Morning email. If you’d like to sign up, please click here: Sign up for Money Morning It seems that crime really doesn’t pay. “Banks are seeking …
The best ways to give to charity over Christmas
Despite – or perhaps because of – the air of rampant consumerism, Christmas is a time of year when many of us think about giving to charity. But with nearly 200,000 registered organisations vying for …
Tax dodge of the week: save on buying your children a home
Most parents who want to help their children to buy a home are unaware of how much they can claim off the tax bill, says Myra Butterworth in The Daily Telegraph. One of the most …
Be a clever giver
Christmas is supposed to be the season of giving, but when it comes to actually doing so most of us are horribly confused. There are roughly 200,000 registered charities in the UK and our attention …
Why pensioners are missing out on £400m
Around 350,000 people will retire in Britain this year, the vast majority of whom will at some point have to buy an annuity with their pension pot to see them through their twilight years. But …
Tax dodge of the week: emigrate to the United Arab Emirates
Tax is one of the biggest reasons for moving abroad, says Jessica Bown in The Sunday Times, and no wonder: the latest survey of personal taxation in “expatriate hotspots” by consultant Mercer shows that the …