Tax

Treasury pockets record amount of inheritance tax

Published: 26 August 2006

The house price boom means more families are facing bills, reports David Prosser

World Cup partygoers could face painful tax penalties

Published: 17 June 2006

Thousands of workers enjoying generous World Cup hospitality from employers desperate to keep them at work could face a nasty tax headache according to a leading accountant. Blick Rothenberg, the London-based tax specialist, is warning that employees could have to pay tax on the value of food and drink provided by their bosses at World Cup parties.

Out of the financial comfort zone

Published: 04 June 2006

In the first of a new series on the self-employed, we look at the initial challenges of going it alone

Money News: Call for 'impact tax' to stop local people losing out

Published: 21 May 2006

A new "impact tax" levied on second homes in Britain's rural hotspots would help ease the housing crisis for local residents, a government-commissioned report has proposed.

Last chance for savers to avoid offshore tax penalties

Published: 06 May 2006

Thousands of savers with offshore bank accounts are under extra pressure to declare the interest they earn to HM Revenue & Customs, after a court ruling this week against Barclays Bank.

Brown refuses to back down on tax timebomb for families

Published: 22 April 2006

David Prosser looks at claims that Gordon Brown's attempt to beat tax-dodgers has badly missed its mark

Fears raised of a bonfire of the family trust funds

Published: 09 April 2006

Amid dire warnings, will millions of us really be caught by a clampdown on tax shelters?

Prudently populist: the treats and the takeaways delivered by Gordon Brown

Published: 26 March 2006

There were no radical reforms from the prime-minister-in-waiting. But from newborns to grandparents, what he had to say affects all of us

Sam Dunn: Inheritance tax has the common touch and that's no virtue

Published: 26 March 2006

It isn't just the well-heeled who get whacked by IHT

Five Budget giveaways that you can't afford to go without

Published: 25 March 2006

Brown's latest Budget was all about the bigger picture, but David Prosser spots gains worth claiming

The Budget proves a boon to environmentally friendly drivers

Published: 25 March 2006

Wednesday's Budget piled the pressure on motorists to become greener, with higher duty to pay on the most polluting new cars. As the story opposite explains, the measures mean greener drivers will pay much lower road tax charges.

Questions Of Cash: Help! I can't make sense of tax rules

Published: 18 March 2006

Q. After a positive return from equities over the last year, I would like to be reminded of the basic rules for capital gains calculations. The current rules are far more complicated than before the present Chancellor took charge.
PL, Fareham

PM-in-waiting tries a Budget balancing act

Published: 12 March 2006

Brown daren't raise taxes - but he could still close loopholes

You can't take it with you, but you can plan for the tax

Published: 05 March 2006

Knocking your financial affairs into shape usually consists of concerted efforts to pay down debt, boost your savings and check your life insurance.

Forget Monaco: Isle of Man cuts tax to tempt super-rich

Published: 04 March 2006

The closest thing to glamorous shopping is Marks & Spencer and top-class sport is limited to the annual TT motorcycle races. But the Isle of Man is trying to make up for its limitations by introducing a £100,000 income tax cap in the hope of luring new super-wealthy residents from Switzerland and Monaco.

Ask Sindie: 'Must the taxman share in my prize?'

Published: 12 February 2006

An award-winning worker fears a tax bill, while a graduate flirts with bankruptcy

Deadline and fines may sneak up on thousands of taxpayers

Published: 21 January 2006

Unbeknown to many, a fine from HM Revenue & Customs could be on its way, says Helen Monks

Memo to tax credit claimants: it's safe to return to the system

Published: 10 December 2005

Reforms will improve a flawed scheme that left thousands of families in poverty, reports David Prosser

Home sweet half a home: beat the inheritance trap

Published: 20 November 2005

How to split your property to avoid your legacy to the children being a huge tax bill

Money News: Inheritance tax - 3.6 million families set to walk in shadow of death duties

Published: 06 November 2005

The number of people caught in the inheritance tax (IHT) trap will rise by more than two-thirds by 2009, research suggests.

Esther Shaw: Shelter, but no solution, in a tax credit storm

Published: 30 October 2005

Families struggling to pay money back to the taxman are to be given a reprieve. But the problems won't end there

Paying too much tax? Work out how to break the code

Published: 22 October 2005

Millions of people may be owed a tax refund, but you need to check the sums for yourself, says David Prosser

News: Britain's low earners 'mistreated' in new benefits 'nightmare'

Published: 11 September 2005

'Hundreds of thousands' hit by tax credit fiasco; house prices jump unexpectedly; Mastercard set for new investigation over 'unduly high' fees

Why council tax bills just don't add up

Published: 23 July 2005

Here's some welcome news you may not have been expecting. Your council tax bill is more likely to fall than it is to rise in April 2007, when the government completes its re-banding of every property in England. Research from Halifax Bank shows more homes will move down a council tax band in two years' time than up.

Missed July deadline will leave taxpayers facing penalty fees