March Budget 2016/17 Tax Table
Read moreYear Start planning: time to get ahead?
As we near the end of the tax year, now is the time to consider not only year-end planning, but also planning for the new tax year. It is one of the features of the political cycle that the more … Continue reading
Venture capital trusts changes in 2016
This year’s venture capital trusts (VCT) offerings are the first under a changed set of investment rules. VCTs offer several attractive tax benefits: Income tax relief at 30% is available on new share subscriptions for investments up to £200,000 per … Continue reading
The latest pension tax relief rumours
There have been more press reports that the Chancellor will reform tax relief for pension contributions in his March Budget. In last July’s Budget the Chancellor launched a consultation on ‘tax incentivised saving’. It was a curious sort of consultation, … Continue reading
Interest rates: “the turn of the year”
The Governor of the Bank of England has made another interest rate pronouncement. Almost since he started the job in July 2013, Mark Carney has used his position of Governor of the Bank of England to talk about when UK … Continue reading

