At least half of English households face huge council tax increases under a nationwide reassessment of property values by a ‘Big Brother’ computer
Category: Tax
Scotsman: Treasury Urged To Raise Savings Limits For Isas
THE announcement by Ed Balls, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, that Individual Savings Accounts will be retained beyond their current 2010 lifespan has done little to halt the investment industry’s call for more generous tax breaks for UK savers.
Scotsman: Trust In Choice
ZURICH has launched a new trust to give intermediaries and their customers even more choice for inheritance tax planning.
This Is Money: Sky Broadband Starts To Pay For Itself
Pay television company BSkyB said today it has signed up 113,000 customers to its new broadband service but pre-tax profits still slipped 17%
This Is Money: Town Hall Pension Bill Is Up By £580m
Taxpayers were hit with a £580m increase in the pension bill for town hall workers last year, new figures show
Motley Fool: ISAs Are Forever!
Good news for all ISA savers – the Government has announced they are to stay, indefinitely. Treasury minister Ed Balls made the announcement whilst speaking at the Pep and ISA Managers Association conference, and the news is bound to please a lot of people. What’s more, the maxi/mini ISA distinction will also be removed, making the savings scheme simpler for everyone to understand.
This Is Money: Ryanair Boss In Four-letter Tax Blast
Michael O’Leary has delivered a four-letter attack on calls for green taxes on air travel to combat climate change
This Is Money: Stealth Taxes
The Daily Mail City team explain, or try to, the murky and complex world of stealth taxes
This Is Money: Boost For Tax-free Saving
Changes to the rules governing tax-free Isa savings were announced by the Treasury this afternoon
Motley Fool: Get The Insurance You Really Need
Have you ever taken five minutes to look at your bank statements to see where your money goes each month? Mortgage or rent payments, council tax, loan repayments and bills are bound to take the biggest chunk of your income, but you’re also bound to have the odd insurance policy in amongst them. Some of us have a whole list of them. But the question is – which ones do we really need?