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Pension planning
Posted: 1st February 2012
A recent survey from Prudential revealed that 18 per cent of those due to retire this year will do so with an average outstanding debt of £38,200.
The news is of concern particularly, while the stat...
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VAT CHANGES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Posted: 31st August 2011
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has started a consultation in respect of recommendations that all VAT-registered businesses with a turnover below £100,000 should file their returns online.
Such businesses will also be required, under the plans, to make their payments electronic...
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ONE MILLION TAXPAYERS COULD BE CAUGHT IN HMRC'S NEW PENALTIES NET
Posted: 21st July 2011
The taxman is taking a harder line on late self-assessment tax returns with strict penalties due to come into force at the end of October.
If people are even one day late in filing their paper self-assessment tax form they will be hit with an instant £100 fine. After another three mo...
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Proposals to cut inheritance tax for those who give charitably
Posted: 29th June 2011
Proposals to cut inheritance tax for those who give charitably
The Government has published a consultation document on its plans to cut the rate of inheritance tax where a proportion of an estate is left to charity.
The measure was first announced in the last Budget.
It would...
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National savings
Posted: 1st June 2011
National Savings
National Savings and Investments certificates have gone back on the market.
The certificates offer savers, disappointed with the effects that inflation has had on money invested with banks and building societies, an alternative to low interest accounts.
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Business News
Posted: 5th May 2011
Employers are reminded of several changes that affect the PAYE system.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reiterated that, as from April, employers with fewer than 50 employees must now send starter and leaver forms - P45s, P46s and similar pension information - online.
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Housing benefit change /from April 2011
Posted: 12th April 2011
Important information for Landlords and Tenants. From April 2011 the local housing rates will be going down, In simple terms, this means for tenants the amount of housing benefit may reduce.
For more information visit www.direct.gov.uk
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Retirement age rising
Posted: 8th February 2011
The average age at which employees retire is beginning to rise, new figures indicate.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that the average age at which men leave work climbed from 63.8 years in 2004 to 64.5 years in 2009.
There was a similar...
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