Lump sum or regular saving, investing for children and how to go green: Your Isa guide to making the most of this year’s tax-free allowance March 24, 2023 With just under three weeks left until the end of the tax year, savers may still be considering how to use their annual tax-free Isa allowance. You can use your allowance whether you are looking at setting up a regular savings plan, or investing a lump sum, or even considering putting some cash aside for [...]
New tax year ushers in more woe for businesses and households April 6, 2022 Today marks the start of what will be yearly increases in tax bills for households across the UK as a raft of hikes, threshold freezes and fiscal tweaks come into effect. The new tax year has been ushered in by the much-lamented 1.25 percentage point national hike, which is forecast to deal a more than [...]
A windfall tax raised by a money-hungry government will scare off our businesses June 8, 2022 Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax on energy firms – what he called a “temporary targeted profits levy” – has gone down well with voters. The tax makes it look like money is raised from someone else and given to them through subsidies to their bills. Despite claims that the tax will yield an additional £5bn in [...]
UK windfall tax reprieve helps FTSE 100 pare back morning losses July 11, 2022 Recession fears initially gripped London markets today, but traders perked up during the afternoon session to leave the capital’s main index unchanged. The FTSE 100 was largely flat, closing at 7,196.59 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, fell 0.4 per cent to [...]
ICAS calls for a UK tax strategy to support the transition to net zero May 5, 2022 ICAS has issued a briefing paper ‘The role of tax in getting to net zero’, discussing how tax can be a vital part of the package of measures needed to deliver the UK’s ambitious target for reducing emissions. The UK’s Net Zero Strategy In 2019 the UK put into legislation a requirement to bring all [...]
North Sea oil and gas sector jeopardised by windfall tax warns Investec June 5, 2022 The windfall tax could accelerate the decline of the UK's oil and gas sector and increase the country's dependence on overseas suppliers, argued Investec.
Pearson boss forecasts ‘rapid advances’ in AI as profit holds July 29, 2024 In a statement, Pearson said its outlook for profit, sales and tax remained in "in line" with market expectations.
UK lost out on £320m AstraZeneca factory: Hunt ‘disappointed’ after drug giant choses low-tax Ireland instead February 10, 2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he was disappointed the UK “lost out this time” on a £320 million new AstraZeneca factory after the drugs giant chose the low-tax Republic of Ireland instead. The group had wanted to build a plant near its existing sites close to Macclesfield, Cheshire, but the “discouraging” tax rate had prompted a [...]
‘Let me kill it dead’: Keir Starmer rules out Premier League transfer levy June 18, 2024 Shadow sport secretary Thangam Debbonaire appeared to suggest that Labour could introduce the transfer tax.
BP rebounds with soaring underlying profits as calls for windfall tax escalate May 3, 2022 BP has raked in massive underlying profits across its oil and gas operations over the first three months of 2022 amid soaring energy prices.