The Government’s Child Trust Fund (CTF) is finally up and running. This means that parents with children born on or after September 2002 can expect an information pack and a CTF voucher worth £250 to …
What should you do with your Child Trust Fund?
British debt bulge threatens banks
We have written time and time again in MoneyWeek about the dangers inherent inthe record levels of personal debt held by the British. And it seems that we have been worrying for good reason. Last …
How to avoid inheritance tax
Death and taxes may be life’s only certainties, but there’s no reason why you should just sit back and hand the taxman your inheritance. Inheritance tax (IHT) was originally conceived as a levy on the …
What to do with your child trust fund vouchers
Parents who want to put their child trust fund (CTF) vouchers to work as soon as possible need to make up their minds how to do so by the 6 April launch. When deciding where …
It’s time to cut taxes
When I did my first editor’s letter for MoneyWeek in the very first edition of the magazine (dated 4 November 2000), I wrote about public spending and taxes. At the time, Gordon Brown had announced …
A-Day for Pensions
When the rules governing self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) change next year, the world of pensions will alter dramatically. As of ‘A-Day’, 6 April 2006, you will be allowed to hold all manner of alternative investments …