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Q&A: planning for the new 50% tax rate
Tim Gregory, partner at Saffery Champness, will answer readers' questions on how to plan for the new 50% tax rate on Thursday 18 March at 3pm
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Q&A: Using Isas for tax planning
Paul Kennedy at Fidelity FundsNetwork and Darius McDermott at Chelsea Financial Services, answered readers' questions on tax planning for Isas
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Q&A: End of tax year pension planning
Ask the expert: Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, answers readers' queries on end of year tax planning for your pension and retirement options
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How to choose this year's equity Isa
Ask the expert:Simon Marsh, partner at Killik & Co will answered readers' queries on the rules surrounding equity Isas and which ones to choose
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How to fill in your end of year tax return
Ask the expert: Louise Somerset, tax director at RBC Wealth Management, answered queries on how to fill in your tax return
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What the pre-Budget report means for you
Ask the expert: John Whiting, tax policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation, answered questions on the pre-Budget report
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Q&A: How to minimise your IHT bill
Danny Cox at Hargreaves Lansdown and Peter Nillist from law firm Clarke Willmott, answer readers' questions on how to write a will and minimise your iht bill
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Q&A: What does the bank sell-off mean for customers?
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off some of their assets as part of a major shake-up of the UK banking industry. What will it mean for consumers?
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Q&A: How to build up your pension fund
Ask the expert: John Lawson, head of pension policy at Standard Life, answers readers' questions on how to build up your pension fund.
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Q&A: Do absolute return funds work?
Ask the expert: Mark Dampier will answer readers' questions at 3pm on Thursday 8 October on whether absolute return funds work. Email your questions in now
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Q&A: What the falling pound means for you
John Hardy, head of Forex Strategy at Saxo Bank, will answer readers' questions at 3pm on Thursday 5 February on how the falling pound will affect you and how to play the currency markets.
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Q&A: What the interest rate cut means for you
David Black, banking consultant at Defaqto, answers your questions on how the cut in interest rates will affect mortgages, savings accounts, credit cards and investments.
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What does the pre-Budget report mean for you?
Ask the expert: John Whiting, tax partner at PwC, will answer your questions
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Working from home
As communications technology improves, working from home has become increasingly popular. If you do work from home there is the added bonus that you may be able to save money on household bills.
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Home insurance
More than 20m British households handed over some £6bn in home insurance premiums last year, and annual costs currently average £210 for buildings insurance and £147 for contents cover.
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Banks restrict lending to existing customers
More people are applying for loans but fewer are securing one, and those banks that are lending are only doing so to their existing customers
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Battle looms over BA pensions
British Airways signalled the start of a protracted battle with the Pensions Regulator over the price tag on its retirement obligations, the outcome of which will be crucial to its tie-up with Spain's Iberia
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Top bankers destroy value, study claims
Bankers should count themselves lucky they are being hit by a mere 50 per cent additional tax on bonuses, a report argues, because their benefit to society is negative
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Investors urged to sell before next tax rise
Seven out of ten wealth advisers warn that capital gains tax will almost certainly be raised in a pre- or post-election Budget
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It's not just bankers seeking a way round bonus tax
Fund managers, stockbrokers, and even some financial advisers will be hit by the new 50 per cent levy on "bankers'" bonuses
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40 per cent tax to hit more middle-income taxpayers
Hundreds of thousands more taxpayers could be drawn into the 40 per cent income tax band over the next few years, accountants say, following a freeze on the higher-rate threshold and personal allowances in Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report (PBR) this week
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Chancellor closes two inheritance tax loopholes
The inheritance tax (IHT) nil rate band is to be held at £325,000 in 2010, while the elimination of two loopholes in IHT rules may result in closer scrutiny of funds that are transferred into trusts used for IHT purposes.
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Pension relief restricted for high earners
High earners are being advised to make contributions to their pensions now, before higher rate tax relief is scaled back further from 2011
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Tax avoidance and evasion come under fresh assault
Tax avoidance and evasion are under siege as the government has introduced a range of measures to clampdown on both practices.
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Energy efficiency
A boiler scrappage scheme and an exemption of all electric cars from company car tax for five years are part of a range of green measures to encourage consumers and businesses to become more energy efficient
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Fall in income drawdown
Investors are taking a lower level of income from their pension investments in the stock market as a result of the economic climate, according to new research
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Banks withdraw fixed rate saving deals
Banks and building societies are withdrawing many of their best savings deals, with fixed-rate products disappearing the fastest.
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House prices higher than year ago
House prices rise year-on-year for the first time since mid 2008 in November as sales continued to pick up, in a sign of the rapid recovery in the housing market
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Homebuyer loans hit 22-month high
The number of mortgages provided to homebuyers has reached its highest level for 22-months, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)
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Investors take fright at 'fiscal fiction'
Investors took fright at the perceived timidity of the government's plans to balance the books with one of the biggest sell-offs of British gilts this year
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From The Financial Times