Articles in the Tax Category
Basic Rate Taxpayers Get £120 Back From Tax Man
May 13th, 2008
Woohoo! Basic rate tax payers are to get £120 back from the tax man.
Following the government’s terrible decision to scrap the 10p tax band, they’ve decided to bribe compensate those of us who pay 22% tax by altering the tax allowance rate. The money will be paid …
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New Tax Rules: How Much Tax Will You Pay?
April 25th, 2008
Last year, in How Much Tax Will I Pay?, I wrote about SimplePound’s useful Excel spreadsheet which helped calculate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you’ll pay given your monthly salary. When the tax rules changed recently, Kirsten updated the spreadsheet to …
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Happy New Tax Year!
April 6th, 2008
I hope you’ve had a great New Tax Year’s Day!
What makes today so special? Well, you now have a brand new ISA allowance to play with - and this year the government has generously increased the maximum amount you can pay into your ISA to a …
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ISA Deadline Approaching: Have You Used Your Allowance?
March 25th, 2008
With just 11 days left until the end of this tax year (Saturday 5th April 2008), have you used your Individual Savings Account allowance for this year?
From my experience, there will be people reading this who have no idea what an ISA is, there will be those who know what …
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Budget 2008: Are You Any Better Off?
March 13th, 2008
This year’s budget wasn’t the most exciting, but in the current financial climate, you could hardly expect it to be.
With businesses and consumers finding borrowing more and more difficult, as banks reduce their lending following the credit crunch, and as the cost of electricity, …
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How Much Tax Will I Pay?
April 16th, 2007
An Excel sheet to help you work out how much Income Tax and National Insurance you pay.
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This Is Money: Flight Tax To Cause Travel Chaos
January 15th, 2007
Millions of holidaymakers are likely to face chaos at airports around Britain as airlines threaten to stop passengers flying unless they pay a new air tax
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This Is Money: Conman’s Tax Avoidance Scam
January 14th, 2007
Financial Mails ace investigator Tony Hetherington delves into a convicted conman pushing a tax avoidance scheme
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Scotsman: Hurry To File Returns Online Before Taxman Enjoys Net Gain Of £100
January 14th, 2007
IT’S January so it must be tax return time. You may well experience the post-Christmas and New Year sinking feeling that the looming deadline often brings. As if January wasn’t cold, dark, wet and miserable enough already, there’s the taxman to deal with.
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Scotsman: Move Quick To Get Under Australian Bar
January 13th, 2007
SEEKING out a new life down under could have costly implications as a result of important changes to Australia’s pension tax rules coming into force this year.
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