Monday, April 12th, 2010
The new tax year, which began on 6th April 2o1o, offers a golden opportunity for tax savings. Make use of your brand new tax allowances to fine-tune your financial planning, and minimise tax. With financial advice you can streamline your savings strategy by getting the best savings rate and fully utilising your ISA cash allowances. You can ensure you take advantage of your allowances for Capital Gains Tax, if you are selling an asset. You can plan to maximise tax reliefs from pensions contributions. You can gain 30% tax relief on investments in Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). You can take the necessary steps to avoid 40% Inheritance Tax on wealth passing to your children and heirs. If you are an employer, you can plan for the upcoming government NEST scheme, which will require you to have, or set up, a pensions department that offers a pension to all employees.
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Friday, April 9th, 2010

UK consumers are in urgent need of financial advice, as new figures reveal that the average person is now struggling with debts of over £6,000.
Tags: Consumer Financial Planning Body, Council Of Mortgage Lenders, Credit Cards, Debt Management, DWP, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Financial Advice, Financial Planning, Investec, Loans, Repossessed Spanish Property
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
Citizens Advice has today revealed that debt problems have been the single largest problem for UK consumers in the last 18 months.
In the period from April 2008 to September 2009, advisers in the nation’s Citizens’ Advice Bureaux have dealt with 3.06m debt problems, compared with 2.71m benefits problems, 844,000 employment problems, and 633,000 housing problems.
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Almost a quarter of UK adults (24%) need debt management advice, due to hidden debt that has not been revealed to their partner, friends and family, according to a new report by AXA*. The average level of debt for those affected is £4096.32, spread over bank overdrafts, credit cards, store cards and loans. The age grouping [...]
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
New government proposals will force credit card companies to end “unclear and unfair†practices which plunge their customers further into debt. Practices such as increasing customers’ borrowing limits without their permission, and taking interest-only repayments that do not reduce their real debt, will be challenged this month in proposals by consumer minister Kevin Brennan.  The [...]
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Would you like to claw back some of those hefty taxes you gave to the government last year? You may be attracted by an Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), which is a government approved scheme providing a range of tax benefits to investors. With an EIS, you can recover tax equal to 20% of your investment, provided you [...]
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