tax Taxi driver who ran down and killed a pedestrian is cleared of causing death by dangerous driving By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:21:07 GMT Amanpreet Singh has been acquitted on a more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving after 61-year-old Manjit Dhadwal was killed on a wet night in Adelaide in November 2017. Full Article
tax Married At First Sight: Why Michael Goonan speaks like a 'London taxi driver' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:26:01 GMT It's the question that has baffled Married At First Sight fans for months: Why does Michael Goonan speak like a south London taxi driver despite being from Adelaide? Full Article
tax How much will your car tax go up by in 2020 as VED rates rise? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 10:41:35 GMT Owners of cars will see their car tax costs rise in-line with the RPI index, usually adding £5 to bills. However, new vehicle buyers will be hit harder, as first-year VED rates are determined by a new test. Full Article
tax Buy-to-let triple tax hit affects accidental landlords and mortgage interest By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:00:38 GMT Mortgage interest tax relief, capital gains tax exemptions for 'accidental' landlords - those who held onto homes they once lived in - and letting relief were all cut this week. Full Article
tax ASK TONY: HMRC wants me to pay £300 in tax for someone else's savings By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 09:30:40 GMT HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) claims that I have received untaxed interest of £2,640 from Secure Trust Bank and owe £300 income tax. Full Article
tax ASK TONY: Late husband's £110,000 Isa left me facing unfair tax bill By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:11:05 GMT My husband died in September 2016, after putting his affairs in order. In February 2017, Interactive Investor was instructed to transfer my late husband's shares Isa to mine. Full Article
tax TONY HETHERINGTON: My 90-year-old father's £600 fine after tax error By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 10:49:23 GMT My dad will be 90 next month and has severe health issues. Revenue & Customs wrote saying he no longer needs to submit a tax return. Full Article
tax I owe £2,232 in tax but the new Chancellor isn't too bothered: TONY HETHERINGTON investigates By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 12:09:25 GMT I closed my company in March last year. Final corporation tax due stood at £2,232 and I have tried repeatedly to pay this, but now the company is closed, the Revenue just does not accept it. Full Article
tax We moved and let our home, will we soon face more tax when we sell? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:09:47 GMT Six years ago due to a situation which led to an untenable dispute with an aggressive neighbour my husband and I became what is broadly termed as accidental landlords. Full Article
tax We are worth just over £1m, will our family face inheritance tax? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:39:34 GMT Our house is worth £600,000 but our £500,000 investments include £100,000 we were told would be free of IHT. How would things be worked out? Full Article
tax Celebrities including Wayne Rooney and Jimmy Carr could get tax refund over data centres By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:55:14 GMT A host of famous faces ploughed money into a scheme which allowed them to claim tax relief if they invested in the building of two data centres in Tyneside, north-east England. Full Article
tax Can you claim an inheritance tax refund on shares which have lost value? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:33:23 GMT Markets have plummeted over the past month, meaning some heirs could have 'overpaid' inheritance tax when they were at peak value. Full Article
tax Autumn statement: Osborne cuts corporation tax to 21% from 2014 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:33:39 GMT The lower rate should allow Britain to compete on more favourable terms against other top economies - it compares with 40% in the US, 33% in France and 29% in Germany. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement: Osborne launches raid on pensions tax breaks for the wealthy in bid to woo middle class 'strivers' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:09:02 GMT The tax-free allowance for pensions will be cut from £1.5million to £1.25million over a lifetime and from £50,000 to £40,000 annually - raising an extra £1billion. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement: George Osborne launches tax raid on the wealthy and cap benefits at 1% for the next three years By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:52:46 GMT The Chancellor was forced to admit in the Commons that the economy will SHRINK by 0.1 per cent this year, forcing him to announced the Office for Budget Responsibility has predicted the economy will shrink this year by 0.1 per cent, down from the 0.8 per cent growth forecast just nine months ago. Full Article
tax AUTUMN STATEMENT: AIM-shares tax relief welcomed by small firms and stockbrokers - but one critic condemns the move as 'borderline crazy' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:34:15 GMT Small companies and stockbrokers welcomed the chance that shares quoted on the junior Alternative Investment Market may qualify for tax relief under the Individual Savings Account shelter. Full Article
tax AUTUMN STATEMENTt: Taxman to check company transactions as Osborne targets tax dodgers By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:39:31 GMT Banks will be asked to hand over businesses’ credit card transactions in an effort to smoke out tax dodgers, George Osborne announced. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement: Mansion tax snub for Clegg - Labour frontbenchers mock Clegg and Cable as Osborne humiliates Lib Dems By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:45:27 GMT Labour frontbenchers mocked Nick Clegg, pictured, and his Lib Dem colleagues as George Osborne dashed their hopes of introducing a 'mansion tax' in his Autumn Statement. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement: Osborne's big squeeze: 400,000 more workers to be snared in 40% tax trap By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:27:15 GMT The number in the 40 per cent tax band is expected to rise from 3.8million today by another 400,000 over the next three years, the Treasury said yesterday. Full Article
tax AUTUMN STATEMENT: Tax relief cut on pensions By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:22:39 GMT The changes will come into force in 2014/15 and are expected to bring thousands more well-off savers into tax on their pension contributions, generating an extra £1 billion in tax by 2016/17. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement: Middle-classes dragged into pension tax trap By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:47:07 GMT Adele Collinson, pictured, owns an arts and crafts busines and worries the new cap on tax-free pension contributions will hit her retirement plans. Full Article
tax Autumn statement 2012: Osborne puts 400,000 middle-class workers into 40% tax band By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:01:54 GMT George Osborne targeted workers at the top, middle and bottom of the financial heap in his Autumn statement yesterday with a raft of money-saving measures. Full Article
tax Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:23:49 GMT The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay. Full Article
tax Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:25:03 GMT The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay. Full Article
tax Chancellor George Osborne set to cut small firms' taxes in Autumn statement By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:23:47 GMT Treasury sources said the Chancellor will have to ‘make a decision’ on what to do about business rate relief as it is due to expire next year. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement 2013: Planned fuel tax hike scrapped By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:46:40 GMT Hard-pressed motorists have been told that a planned 2p a litre fuel duty rise will not happen next September in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement today. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement 2013: Chancellor aiming to halt tax avoidance as he launches £9bn crackdown on schemes that scrimp the Treasury By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:31:08 GMT George Osborne described the crackdown as the 'largest package of measures to tackle tax avoidance, tax evasion, fraud and error so far this parliament'. Full Article
tax AUTUMN STATEMENT: Robot fund tax unplugged By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:06:13 GMT George Osborne revealed that the 0.5 per cent stamp duty savers have to pay for buying shares in UK-based exchange-traded funds will be abolished from next April. Full Article
tax Call for Osborne to offer tax breaks for the self-employed in Autumn Statement By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 12:04:12 GMT Call for a freelancer limited company structure to be set up within the tax system and for training for a new career to be tax deductable. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement 2014: Will the Chancellor surprise us with a cut to inheritance tax or stamp duty? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:51:17 GMT Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has very little room for manouevre in today's Autumn Statement. Full Article
tax AUTUMN STATEMENT 2014: Pension income from spouse's annuity tax-free if they died before 75 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:55:45 GMT Annuities which come with death benefits can be passed to loved ones tax-free if you die aged under 75, the Chancellor announced in the Autumn statement. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement scraps tax on children's flights saving £140 on trip to Florida By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:18:15 GMT The Chancellor abolished air passenger duty on all flights for children under the age of 12. It will also reduce the cost of a holiday to Spain for a family of four by £26. Full Article
tax Will Osborne target capital gains tax in the Autumn Statement? By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:18:36 GMT Profits made from the sale of assets such as property or shares, which are called capital gains, rose to £32.1billion last year, up from £23.5billion in 2012-13, marking their highest level on record. Full Article
tax George Osborne's pension tax grab threats revealed By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:20:22 GMT Three major changes to pension saving are on the horizon, which will hit those helping to build a healthy fund for retirement. Now, the Chancellor faces calls to reverse a planned tax grab Full Article
tax Working families spared tax credits cut, as Chancellor performs U-turn By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:00:58 GMT Changes sparked a backlash as they were forecast by the Insitute of Fiscal Studies to take £1,000 a year off 3 million families. They have now been halted altogether. Full Article
tax Flat rate state pension to be £155.65 but Autumn Statement leaves tax relief hanging By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:35:42 GMT Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the basic state pension will rise by £3.35 to £119.30 a week from April, while the starting rate for the new single-tier version will be £155.65. Full Article
tax George Osborne SCRAPS £4.4bn tax credit cuts in his AUTUMN STATEMENT 2015 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:19:34 GMT The NHS, defence, foreign aid and housing are set to be the big winners, but the police, transport, justice and the environment will bear the brunt, with families braced for big hikes in council tax bills. Full Article
tax George Osborne's Autumn Statement 2015 stuns MPs as he abandons tax credit cuts By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:44:30 GMT The climbdown means George Osborne (pictured) will breach his self-imposed welfare cap for the next three years, meaning a minister must explain and apologise to Parliament. Full Article
tax Hundreds to be added to council tax bills to pay for elderly care, George Osborne announced By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 06:57:49 GMT Draconian rises signalled by the Chancellor will see the average bill for a Band D household rise up to £320 by 2020/21. George Osborne urged town halls to impose increase to fund social care shortfalls. Full Article
tax The buy-to-let stamp duty tax trick that landlords still have up their sleeve By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:11:31 GMT George Osborne hit the buy-to-let dream with a big stamp duty hike yesterday, but landlords still have a tax trick they can pull to claim it back. Full Article
tax Millions to see higher insurance bills as Government hikes insurance tax in Autumn Statement By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:50:25 GMT Insurers have slammed the rise which has pushed the tax up to almost double what it was in 2015 and they predict it will lead to an increase in the number of uninsured drivers on the road. Full Article
tax Philip Hammond promises low and middle earners they WILL get income tax cuts By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 22:24:20 GMT The Chancellor reaffirmed the Conservative manifesto commitments to lift the personal allowance to £12,500 and the 40p tax threshold to £50,000 by accelerating progress to meeting the goals. Full Article
tax Autumn Statement: Philip Hammond cuts taxes and housing costs to help families By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:12:45 GMT Delivering his first fiscal package since the historic EU referendum vote, the Chancellor insisted the government understands the fury of those who have not shared in the wealth generated by the economy. Full Article
tax Father says Philip Hammond's raid of middle class tax perks is an attack By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 01:48:34 GMT Tom Birch, 43, from Bath, earns £100,000 a year in his financial services job and receives extra life insurance, dental cover, and critical illness cover through a salary sacrifice scheme. Full Article
tax Philip Hammond's 'stealth tax' hits 5m middle class earners By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:46:59 GMT Five million higher earners will be hit by a £200 'stealth tax on Middle England' because of changes to National Insurance Contributions buried in Treasury documents. Full Article
tax Philip Hammond's decision to increase Insurance Premium Tax marks spiteful attack on prudence By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:26:51 GMT It was not the kind of Autumn Statement we had come to expect under George Osborne – all fire and brimstone – but Philip Hammond’s debut was not without its nasty side. Full Article
tax Travel firms try to charge fees and taxes over cancelled holidays By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:20:35 GMT Some travel firms are punishing disappointed holidaymakers further, by charging excessive fees or deducting large sums in 'unrecoverable taxes'. Full Article
tax Why must I pay tax on my pension and my savings too? By Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 10:05:31 +0000 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'. Full Article
tax My wife is cashing a small pension and will breach the income tax threshold By Published On :: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:53:39 +0000 If she takes the £10k pot she is liable for tax. This seems very unfair as every other year before this and after she will earn a lot under the limit. Can't she share the excess over several tax years? Full Article
tax Harry and Meghan face pressure to pay their £8million taxpayer-funded security bill By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:28:25 GMT The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are under increasing pressure to pay their own multi-million pound security bill as they prepare to finally cut their working ties with the Royal Family this week. Full Article