On Thursday 6th April the Financial Times leader, was headlined “Brown’s tax on trust leaves a bitter taste”. We quote from this as follows: “But there is almost nothing to be said on the government’s …
More of Brown’s disastrous tax meddling
Category: Personal Finance
Tax policy is energy policy
Study after study in many different nations and economies has shown, for example, that the best way to avoid having to scramble for new supply sources of oil is to control the growth of demand, …
Act now on endowments compensation
If you think you were missold an endowment policy, you must complain quickly or risk losing the right to claim compensation, says Naomi Caine. It’s bad enough to be missold an endowment, but it’s even …
How A-Day will affect your pension plans
Every month we invite the best investors we know for dinner and ask them what they think about the markets. This time, we asked five financial advisers to give us their views on how ‘A-Day’ …
How to save on soaring car costs
Did you know that your car probably costs nearly as much as your mortgage each month? At £511 a month, the average cost of insurance, petrol, parking, servicing, breakdown cover, depreciation and finance payments is …
Why going green could hurt your bank balance
Most of us like to think we are doing our bit for the environment. We recycle our wine bottles, tut about the excess packaging the supermarkets use and think about ditching our gas-guzzling Range Rovers …
Tax dodge of the week: Buy unquoted shares for your Sipp
A surprise U-turn by Gordon Brown means you will not be able to stuff your self-invested personal pension (Sipp) with residential property or fine wine. But the chancellor has not been a total party-pooper. You …
The mis-selling scandal of the decade
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Tax loophole closure of the week: offshore accounts
When is a tax dodge not a tax dodge? When it’s an offshore bank account. Yes, the interest in offshore accounts is paid gross; but no, contrary to popular belief, it is not tax-free. Accountants …
How to get the most out of your annuity
Thanks to the compulsory annuity system operating in the UK, a good retirement here is about little more than timing. The idea behind buying an annuity is to insure that you get a guaranteed income …