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I am concerned about inheritance tax if my husband and I were to die prematurely

Rishi Sunak should stick with plans drawn up by his predecessor Sajid Javid, who was lining up a cut in income tax from 20p in the pound to 18p.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The terrifying collapse in share prices since the coronavirus started to spread worldwide is taking a vicious toll on the wealth of nations.

Financial comparison website Finder's survey of 11,118 consumers found 19 per cent of them would barely have enough savings to last a week if COVID-19 took their job.

Hoard your pension and spend other cash and investments first, to keep your money away from the taxman. That's the advice experts are dishing out to retirees worried about inheritance tax.

I had an £84k pension but cashed it in when I was 55 to pay off debts. Since then, I have come into an inheritance so I have £420k in savings and have rejoined my company's pension scheme.

The average person has 11 jobs in their lifetime, so it is no wonder two in three Britons have more than one pension pot. The industry has long discussed launching an online pensions dashboard

The provider bucked the trend of falling rates, increasing the interest on its one-year fixed saver from 1.15 per cent. The account is operated by Goldman Sachs International Bank.

People aged 39-54 who suffered compulsory redundancy have average pensions savings of £120,634 - while those who avoided being laid off have £202,017.

Some savers are now in line to earn as little as 0.01 per cent - just £1 interest over a whole year on each £10,000 in their account. This is £129 less than if they switched to a top easy-access deal.

Savers with large pots looked for a safe haven amid market storms caused by coronavirus, with savings platforms that safely spread money around seeing a surge in applications.

Grandparents with fixed monthly pension payments could find their bank balances are looking much healthier now they are no longer spending money on things like going out and holidays.

Savers have been handed a double blow as two market-leading easy-access deals have both disappeared within a week of each other, with Marcus and Virgin Money both making cuts.

There were 1,768 available savings accounts and Isas at this time in March, Moneyfacts said. By April this had fallen to 1,588, and average savings rates from 0.56% to 0.44%.

Despite interest rates plunging to record lows, National Savings and Investments has gone against the grain and abandoned plans to cut rewards which would have cost savers £200 m.

A Bank of England scheme designed to provide banks with cheap money to lend to small businesses has handed out an enormous £6billion in its first week, official figures reveal.

The official base rate was reduced by 0.65 percentage points last month to 0.1 per cent, but savers face bigger cuts.

While NS&I announced it was reversing planned cuts to some of its variable rate savings accounts, including Premium Bonds, it still pressed ahead with cuts to 10 fixed-rate deals.

Home buyers looking to get onto the housing ladder for the first time can now access a deal that will boost their deposit savings by £2,000.

While the relaunched Notice Plus account from Epsom Derby sponsor Investec has more moving parts than a track full of racehorses, it offers an easy-access element with a top-rate deal.

Nearly a third of people in the UK have had to dip into their savings while a fifth have taken on debt, with the younger generations the worst hit, a new survey has showed.

The breaks will be available to workers who are waiting on furlough payments or self-employment support, or those who lose their jobs after March 1.

A number of challenger banks and building societies are making cuts to their bread and butter savings accounts - and it's time to check you won't be hit.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) claims that I have received untaxed interest of £2,640 from Secure Trust Bank and owe £300 income tax.

In future, more people may want to preserve their money, rather than maximise returns. Fund managers like Jonathan Ruffer who are committed to safeguarding could become power players.

This is Money's pensions agony uncle Steve Webb says most people don't have to pay tax on savings income, although he dubs the system 'absurdly complicated'.

Retirement is supposed to be a happy time, whether you are looking forward to filling it with a pipe-and-slippers or travel-the-world lifestyle. But in recent years it has become more complex and stressful.

Tandem Bank is scrapping its existing, popular, cashback credit card for a membership deal offering a 1.5 per cent savings rate and a credit card that charges no interest, ever. Is it any good?

Defining itself as a 'pay now, buy later' scheme, HyperJar wants to put as much distance as possible between the 'toxic' buy now, pay later sites that lure in 'younger shoppers' and itself.

Currently, 1.9 million Eon customers could be missing out on £283 by staying on a standard variable tariff, the equivalent of a return flight to San Francisco.

Everything from phone bills to NHS prescriptions are due to go up from today, but there are ways to save money. BT, EE, O2, Three and Vodafone are all hiking prices between now and May.

The cheapest energy tariffs have fallen by an average of £32, thanks to falling wholesale costs, new data has revealed at a time when consumption is likely to be higher with people at home more.

The West Bengal circle has emerged the highest grosser in small savings mobilisation during the ongoing lockdown in the country, an official of the postal department said on Saturday. The West Bengal circle also includes Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar. "In this country during the lockdown period which is continuing, the West Bengal circle is the highest grosser in terms of small savings mobilisation", acting Chief Post Master General (CPMG) Niraj Kumar said. He said only in one day on May six, the circle grossed Rs 361.25 crore only from post offices (PO) which are run on CBS platform. Kumar said the main reason behind this is post offices having CBS are able to carry out transactions which are centrally monitored by the circle team and ably supported by required technical support. Even last year, the West Bengal circle recorded highest growth in the postal financial services in the country, he told PTI. This performance has also been a result of small savings agents who

Govt cuts small savings rates by up to 140 basis pts

New Delhi, Sep 20: The government has raised interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, by up to 0.4 per cent for the October-December quarter, in line with rising deposit rates in the banks. Interest rates for small

As the time passes so quickly, another fiscal year is turning to an end soon, and most of the tax payers must be in the state of panic about keeping the things in order. They might also be planning to approach

Reliable and easily accessible financial saving opportunities can help boost total savings and reduce attractiveness of alternatives like gold, the Economic Survey 2012-13 has said.

Here are some details of service charges that the Post Office charges you.

As cash is priority, you can delay payment. But there will be loss in interest income

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Rates of these schemes have been slashed by between 70 bps and 140 bps for the April-June quarter.Those who depend primarily on the income from these fixed instruments, may need to revisit their portfolio