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UK adults waste £2 billion in inheritance tax 27 April 2010
UK taxpayers will waste nearly £2 billion this year due to poor inheritance tax (IHT) planning, according to the annual Tax Action report by unbiased.co.uk.
Tax tips for pension investors 16 February 2010
With the tax year end looming, investors should make the most of whatever tax breaks are available to them.
Ten tips to beat the tax man 14 January 2010
Geoff Everett, tax director at Smith & Williamson, shows What Investment.co.uk readers how to meet the 31 January self-assessment deadline.
- PBR 2009: Lenders concerned by stamp duty decision 9 December 2009
- PBR 2009: IHT threshold frozen until 2011 9 December 2009
- PBR 2009: VAT to return to 17.5 per cent 9 December 2009
- PBR 2009: Nervous wait for high earners on pension tax changes 9 December 2009
- Ten ways to save tax 23 November 2009
- Close adds farming to IHT mitigation service 24 July 2009
- British families hit harder by inheritance tax 23 April 2009
- BUDGET 2009: Top earners targeted by chancellor 22 April 2009
- Nation feels ‘helpless’ when it comes to tax burden 16 April 2009
- Recession causes beneficiaries to lose out 9 April 2009
- Top tax tips that will save you thousands 7 April 2009
- Don’t delay IHT planning 25 March 2009
- Investors urged to review finances 16 March 2009
- UK wastes £10 billion in tax payments 12 March 2009
- Billions wiped from family inheritances 10 March 2009
- Savers unnecessarily lose millions to the taxman 6 March 2009
- Key tax breaks lag behind inflation 29 January 2009
- A helping hand for taxpayers 9 January 2009
- UK lacks inheritance tax awareness 11 November 2008
- UK unaware of pension tax benefits 3 November 2008
- Beneficiaries of discretionary trusts could lose out 29 October 2008
- Simple ways to beat the credit crunch 20 October 2008
- Inheritance tax still government’s golden goose 15 October 2008
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Statutory legacy to increase 29 August 2008
Married couples and civil partners whose spouse or civil partner dies without leaving a will are to benefit from an increase in the statutory legacy under new Government proposals.
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Perplexed by pensions? Confused by CGT? Stumped by self assessment? Billions of pounds of hard earned cash is wasted every year through unnecessary tax payments or failure to use tax breaks. But how do you ensure you are not paying more than you should?
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