Millions of homeowners face a ‘double whammy’ of taxes from the soaring property market, a report warns today
Category: Tax
Scotsman: Treasury Cashes In On IHT
REVENUE from inheritance tax and the higher rates of stamp duty on homes soared to a record £6.7 billion in the last financial year.
This Is Money: Brown ‘is Damaging The Economy’
A pressure group says Gordon Brown’s tax and spending policies will be bad for Britain in the long term
This Is Money: Midas: Reits Are Still Looking Good
This week the Financial Mail stockpicker takes a look at how the change of tax status of property companies will affect share prices in the sector
This Is Money: House Details Sold In Secret
Estate agents are secretly passing on details of million of homes to council tax inspectors under a deal with property website Rightmove.co.uk
Scotsman: Chancellor Seems To Lack Property Of Mercy On IHT
SPIRALLING house prices mean that many more estates are now valued over the inheritance tax (IHT) nil-rate band threshold of £285,000 and it is proving one of the government’s must unpopular forms of taxation.
Scotsman: Inheritance Tax – What’s The Bare Necessity?
This question has arisen as a result of recent changes to inheritance tax (IHT).
Scotsman: Brown Told To Revamp ISAs
THE UK’s largest building society today urged the Chancellor to raise tax-free savings limits and the stamp duty threshold to boost savings and encourage home ownership.
This Is Money: £1.50-a-mile Road Toll Proposed
Motorists face pay-as-you-drive road tolls of up to £1.50 a mile under ‘stealth tax’ proposals revealed today in a report commissioned by Gordon Brown
Motley Fool: Pep Up The ISA, Gordon!
In the olden days before the term ‘ISA’ entered public consciousness, there was a different form of tax-free saving. Remember PEPs and TESSAs?