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August Market Commentary

August 04, 2015 by TIna

Category: Market commentary & Uncategorized

July was a dramatic month. Greece held a referendum and emphatically rejected the austerity package offered by its creditors. Motor-cycle riding Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned, calling the creditors “terrorists”, and the new finance minister, Euclid Tsakalotos, was seen going into yet another final, final crisis meeting with his negotiating position scribbled on hotel notepaper. In the event a bailout was finally agreed – Agreekment averts Grexit according to the headlines – more or less along the lines of the bailout that had been rejected in the referendum.

The Summer Budget implications for ‘Buy-to-Let’ housing

July 31, 2015 by TIna

Category: Budget & Housing & Tax & Uncategorized

A major shake-up of the buy-to-let housing market could be about to take place, after the Chancellor announced plans to change mortgage tax relief for landlords. In his Summer Budget speech, the chancellor said that the relief will be cut to 20%, from 40-45%, in an effort to “level the playing field” between buy-to-let landlords and ordinary house buyers.

Budget 2015: Practical applications of the new Inheritance Tax rules

July 30, 2015 by TIna

Category: inheritance tax & Uncategorized

Inheritance tax, once only paid by the super-rich, has become a middle-class plague as house prices have soared. But millions will now escape this unpopular ‘death duty’ thanks to a chunky new allowance announced by the Chancellor. For all bar the wealthiest, inheritance tax should no longer be a problem. The new rules mean family members will be able to inherit as much as £1 million from 2020 without paying 40% death tax – so long as the estate goes to children or grandchildren and includes a family home worth between £650,000 and £2m.

Budget 2015: Are taxpayers really winners?

July 29, 2015 by TIna

Category: Budget & financial planning & Tax & Uncategorized

An analysis of the Chancellor’s Summer Budget recently published by ‘This is Money’ presents the outcomes for individuals and families in relation to broad categories of ‘Winners’ and ‘Losers’. One category labelled as winners are Taxpayers.

Budget ‘Tax Raid’ on Dividends and Investment Income

July 28, 2015 by TIna

Category: Business & Tax & Uncategorized

Changes to dividend taxation rates will see entrepreneurs and small business owners pay £6.8bn more in tax during the next five years, a move The Daily Telegraph described as a ‘tax raid’.

How the Summer Budget changed the landscape for SMEs

July 27, 2015 by TIna

Category: Budget & Business & financial planning & Uncategorized

Those who listened to the Summer Budget on 8th July for news affecting small businesses will no doubt have been glad to see corporation tax slashed and the employment allowance increased, but an article recently published by KPMG asked, did the Summer Budget go far enough in announcing measures to help small businesses grow?

August Market Commentary

The Summer Budget implications for ‘Buy-to-Let’ housing

Budget 2015: Practical applications of the new Inheritance Tax rules

Budget 2015: Are taxpayers really winners?

Budget ‘Tax Raid’ on Dividends and Investment Income

How the Summer Budget changed the landscape for SMEs

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