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New research from the Office for National Statistics casts a different light on life expectancy. Source: ONS “How long am I going to live?’ is one of those questions that we tend to pay more attention…
Are you missing out on tax relief for your pension contributions? A ‘Supplementary forecast information release’ from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on ‘Costing of charging NICs on salary…
6 April brings a variety of changes to the tax rules. The start of the tax year on Monday 6 April (Easter Monday) heralds a variety of changes to tax and pension rules, few of them welcome. Dividend tax The rate of…
As a means of drawing income in retirement, annuities have made a comeback, and for good reasons. In 2014, the then Chancellor (and now podcaster), George Osborne, pulled a rabbit out of the Budget hat that…
A House of Lords committee has been highly critical of the government’s proposals on inheritance tax (IHT) and pensions. Cynics might expect members of the House of Lords to have more than a passing interest in…
Annual inflation ended 2025 at 3.4%, up from 2.5% in 2023, but not all prices rose over the year.
If you have received a new tax code recently, check it. Do not assume it is correct.
2025’s investment performance numbers contained a surprise.
While much attention has been paid to successive government freezes of tax thresholds, there is another prolonged threshold freeze with similar distortionary effects.
Many potentially affected taxpayers have not yet engaged with a major change in tax reporting.
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