News Archive for 1st August 2008

Pension reform does not add up - Times Online

Funds Pensions Tax Borrowing Consumer Affairs Reader ... 1, 2008 Pension reform does not add ... British state pension. Against considerable opposition from ... but means-tested pension of between two and ... Fast-forward 100 years and pension provision is ... existing private pension will be enrolled automatically ... basic state pension of £90.70 a ... require a pension pot of about £30 ... basic state pension or the much less ... cut state pension provision. This means that ... Sadly, Gordon Brown's near-obsession with tax and ... amount of pension savings - say up ... for the pension credit. This would be ... basic state pension and would mean everyone ... I think that having payed tax on ... a personal pension all payments should be ... £34 extra pension credit into a £34 ... week Pension Supplementary payment which will not ... a week pension by 4% a year ... save into pension funds is the returns ... to minimising tax Reader Guides Troubleshooter Problem

Friday August 01 2008, 01:53AM

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Tax hit on energy profits would be silly - Times Online

1, 2008 Tax hit on energy profits ... Any energy windfall tax would not be ... a stable tax regime. Much of our ... profits already attract tax. Centrica pays ... slap a tax on energy firms. For ... to the tax regime, just two thoughts: ... A windfall tax, and those who profess ... to this tax -which is not a ... Instead of windfall tax why not invite ... know that tax increases are passed onto ... A 'windfall' tax is really the politics ... reduce the tax on energy bills. The ... There should be a windfall tax, and ... to fund tax relief on renewable energy ... So what, tax energy companies and...? They'll ... extreme to tax the energy companies - ... How does a windfall tax help customers ... a windfall tax was imposed.Could bring ... a windfall tax on those total non-producers ... The original bank windfall tax was to ... That WAS a windfall tax, this is ... and inheritance tax. People who support these ... to a pension Anthony Martindale, Reading, "You ... litre is TAX. The fuel companies make ... A windfall tax will show that the ... another stealth tax . If I have been ... Fleecing the tax payer has been a ... The great Windfall Tax conspiracy. The watchdog ... impose Windfall Tax, taking it's huge share ... a windfall tax on the oil companies

Friday August 01 2008, 01:53AM

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