The 0.5% base rate is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month.                     On 5 March 2009 the Bank of England halved base rate, from 1% to 0.5%. As the graph shows, … Continue reading →

19 March marks Budget Day It is little more than three months since the Autumn Statement, but here we are in March with another Budget due in the middle of the month.  Nearly all of the 2014/15 tax and national … Continue reading →

There are important year end deadlines for pensions looming into view On 6 April 2014, two major changes will take effect to pension allowances: 1.  The Annual Allowance (AA), which effectively sets the maximum tax efficient pension contribution from all … Continue reading →