The world’s share markets mostly saw falls in 2018. Index 2018 Change FTSE 100 -12.5% FTSE All-Share -13.0% Dow Jones Industrial -5.6% Standard & Poor’s 500 -6.2% Nikkei 225 -12.1%... read more →
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is aiming to expand pension coverage among the self-employed. Pension automatic enrolment has become a major success since it was launched nearly seven... read more →
7 January marked the fifth anniversary of the tax on child benefits, an imposition that is still not widely understood. The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC), to give child... read more →
The time to resolve has returned. Have your New Year resolutions fallen by the wayside yet? You know, the ones about eating better, drinking less and exercising more. The problem... read more →
In early December the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced the thresholds that should apply to automatic enrolment pension contributions from 6 April 2019. We say ‘should’ because, strictly... read more →
UK dividends are continuing to grow faster than inflation, according to the latest quarterly data from Link Asset Service The latest UK Dividend Monitor (UKDM) shows that in the third... read more →
The government has revived plans to raise probate fees in England and Wales. A new, banded structure for probate fees in England and Wales is to be introduced, according to... read more →
The popular National Savings & Investments (NS&I) savings certificates will be indexed to CPI instead of RPI from 2019. The certificates have not been on sale since 2011, but NS&I... read more →
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published the first part of its inheritance tax (IHT) simplification review. The report highlights a variety of issues with the current IHT system:... read more →
New restrictions added to entrepreneur’s relief (ER) during the 2018 Budget have reduced access to this valuable tax relief. ER provides a reduced rate of capital gains tax on disposal... read more →
