News Archive for March 2008

Young priced out of safe retirement

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Monday March 17 2008, 11:14AM

15,000 To Gain in Rotherham From Extra Winter Fuel Benefit

receive working tax or child tax credits ... receive the pension credit – again a

Monday March 17 2008, 10:16AM

Town Hall pensions cost you £9million

5million pounds to staff in pension contributions ... annual council tax revenue for 2006/7 ... North Somerset's pension contributions cost each person ... inflated council tax bills see so much ... Its head of pension research, Tom McPhail ... final salary pension. "So why should they ... The Avon Pension Fund runs the Local ... Pension Scheme which pays council employees' retirement ... Local Government Pension Scheme is 65. However ... on the pension fund, members can retire ... Council cover pension contributions to local government ... Council tax is not the sole source

Monday March 17 2008, 06:20AM

Reform fiscal regime to end boom and bust

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Monday March 17 2008, 12:01AM

CAMERON: I’LL PUT END TO SLEAZE

final salary pension scheme for new MPs ... earn the pension built up by an ... offer up-front tax cuts at the next

Sunday March 16 2008, 05:56PM

Tories'wouldn't cut taxes in first term'

'cushy' final-salary pension scheme enjoyed by MPs ... Tax cuts would be 'the great bonus ... to offer tax cuts to Middle England

Sunday March 16 2008, 12:05PM

Budget 2008: Energy

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Sunday March 16 2008, 06:43AM

Act now to stop taxman inheriting your fortune

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Sunday March 16 2008, 12:59AM

Rush to beat the capital gains deadline

before the tax rate shoots up David ... face higher tax on their profits, as ... in the tax they pay. People who ... in their tax bill. Rose-tinted specs fail ... to fight tax on family investment What ... amount of tax paid to reflect the ... of the tax changes to benefit from ... 17m, giving him an estimated tax saving ... to the tax increase. As ordinary investors ... would pay tax of less than 18 ... pay tax on the gains made ... will be tax free. If you’ve used ... self-invested personal pension. This is known as ... have no tax to pay. Exploit ... trigger a tax charge on the gains ... per cent tax if they are worth ... The tax bill would jump to £27 ... per cent tax rate on the full ... He or she would pay tax on ... per cent tax on gains up to ... new capital-gains tax rules. Tom, a mortgage ... have paid tax at 24 per cent ... will pay tax at just 18 per ... boost my pension. ‘By then the change ... the tax rate should make a huge ... Evasive action defers a tax bill ... the capital-gains tax changes, but by taking ... defer his tax bill. When he does ... pay the tax he owes it will ... Consumer Affairs Tax Pensions Broadband Times Recommends

Sunday March 16 2008, 12:02AM

Minister ponders pension tax help

Minister ponders pension tax help By Paul ... reduce the tax due on compensation paid ... whose company pension was wound up. The ... That could mean higher rate tax of ... this high tax is Peter Humphrey, who ... My pension should have been around £18 ... pay 40% tax on that - which ... not charging tax on it as well ... are paying tax on the lump sum ... rate of tax than if it had ... Some should not have paid tax at ... the state pension is taxed if it ... higher rate tax bracket. But Mike O'Brien ... their state pension. "I am not sure ... a new tax rule just for people ... SEE ALSO Pension compensation 15 Mar 08 |  ... Pension compensation finally arrives 21 Dec 07 |  ... Steelworkers welcome pension deal 17 Dec 07 |  ... Pension victory: What did the judge say ... 07 |  Kent Pension compensation 08 Jun 07 | 

Saturday March 15 2008, 02:58PM

MPs may get 50% pay rise instead of expenses

Financial Times - ... increase would be likely to be £32,000 to take into account the 40 per cent income tax ... The move would also require a significant overhaul of the MPs’ pension system so that they ...

Saturday March 15 2008, 01:00AM

How we managed to save a reader having to pay back £12,000 after ...

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Saturday March 15 2008, 01:00AM

Climate change special: £5,000 off a range rover

Polar Bears tax, there are some great ... £950 extra tax on 4x4s going to ... 2p-a-litre petrol tax increase until October. So ... the record tax burden Labour has imposed ... Pension fund gone bust? So what? Council

Thursday March 13 2008, 09:55PM

Budget 2008: The speech in full

of income tax from 22 to 20 ... and Council tax benefit so that parents ... the Child Tax Credit for families on ... competitive corporation tax rate of any major ... We have the lowest corporation tax rate ... A competitive and simplified tax regime is ... of corporation tax in 1997 and again ... main corporation tax rate falls again from ... stable business tax system that remains responsive ... The new Capital Gains Tax rate will ... Capital Gains Tax at 10 per cent ... programme of tax simplification. I am today ... simplify their tax calculations. Mr Deputy Speaker ... on which tax relief is available under ... limit for tax relief under the Enterprise ... also pay tax on money they bring ... charge UK tax on offshore income or ... vigilant against tax avoidance and we are ... The road tax system should do more ... no car tax at all in the ... Value Added Tax on smoking cessation products ... on closing tax loopholes that I am ... of income tax will fall by 2 ... paying income tax. The pension Credit now ... - Capital gains tax reforms: The controversy - Pitch

Thursday March 13 2008, 05:59PM

The hangover Budget

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Thursday March 13 2008, 05:16PM

'So what': Tories claim Children's Secretary Ed Balls DID dismiss tax ...

DID dismiss tax burden during Budget Last ... levels of tax. Tory MP Andrew Robathan ... the highest tax burden in our history ... outlining the tax burden in what had ... Westminster's gold-plated pension scheme and the use

Thursday March 13 2008, 02:46PM

ANGER AS PENSIONERS ARE CONNED YET AGAIN

another Labour tax raid on people currently ... State Second Pension by £450million a year ... a personal pension fund. ******* How the ... the state pension. SEARCH NEWS / SHOWBIZ for: ... adequate state pension in Europe and the ... Fuel bills, water rates, council tax and ... basic state pension and pension credit. “The ... by another tax grab from people currently ... State Second Pension will drop by £450 ... to their pension pots by the taxman ... from the tax raid Mr Brown launched ... State Second Pension" as being a great ... State Second Pension" become nothing more than ... NathanHobbs &#149 Report Comment PENSION 13. ... a small pension that my late father ... despite paying tax all her life and ... Prescott is on a pension unbelievably bof ... gets it tax free • Posted by:

Thursday March 13 2008, 01:27PM

They’re all better off - so why won’t they celebrate?

capital gains tax. I also really wanted ... She lives off her state pension plus ... towards council tax. Her savings should have ... but her pension was with Equitable Life ... Council tax is a massive problem.” ... should get tax breaks so both parents ... in income tax are affecting me for ... addition to tax on necessities such as ... His pension income shrunk in real terms ... basic state pension and work pension. He ... basic state pension. They are unimpressed by ... basic state pension is in its ... on a pension of €1,200 (£920) ... the inheritance tax threshold. It will pass ... Fuel tax is a big concern: “Because ... in fuel tax.” A Liberal Democrat ... fan of tax credits, receiving £60 a ... heartache, but tax credits are fantastic. When ... But tax credits can make it possible ... Unfortunately, the tax credit system, although helpful ... an NHS pension and has a mini-Isa ... in the tax system, and would like ... have a pension, so I get ... Tax advice Chris Holmes, Marion Jones ... business taxes Tax Tables Has the Budget ... Budget 2008   Budget tax card: full ... + £255 tax Stopovers from £20pp Luxury

Thursday March 13 2008, 10:35AM

The Guardian: Budget report 2008

a showroom tax of nearly £1,000 ... the road tax regime yesterday. Front page ... habit How tax increases cut drinking International ... even moderate tax rises can reduce road ... An increase in tax thresholds for pensioners ... Changes to benefits and tax credit add ... rates of tax relief on Gift Aid ... a state pension and means-tested allowances of ... delayed fuel tax rise infuriates environmentalists Environmentalists ... from income tax, VAT and stamp duty ... Retired people with benefits from pension schemes ... The North Sea tax regime is to ... to landfill tax Property lawyers attack chancellor's ... the landfill tax regime of waste cleared ... in income tax Middle-income Britain's April salary ... years face tax - not flat fee ... Proposals to increase the tax on high-earning ... capital gains tax reforms setting a flat ... off Alcohol tax hiked Cartoon , Excise duty ... peers face tax bill MoD blamed for ... peers face tax bill Find your MP

Thursday March 13 2008, 10:21AM

Budget: Winter warmer for elderly'just a sweetner'

basic state pension, social care and the ... for council tax breaks. Edith Pocock, secretary ... basic state pension and linked pensions with ... Council tax is yet another burden on ... The current basic state pension was about ... his anti-council tax crusade, the charity said ... for council tax benefit. Email A Friend

Thursday March 13 2008, 09:38AM

Budget 2008: Darling hits booze and cars

Small business Tax & wills Message boards ... Isas Endowments Bank charges Inheritance tax Premium ... A massive tax sting on drinkers was ... from planned tax revenues. Smokers were also ... and child tax credit is raised for ... and launched tax relief on a £12 ... to income tax. Changes announced by Gordon ... Energy giants face £1bn windfall tax ... only increase tax and spend.No help ... increasing the tax on alcohol. I work ... but another tax,no doubt the thousand ... all these tax increases are for the ... Extra tax on goods and services is ... Raising tax on goods can only increase ... Remember the raid on pension funds? Remember

Wednesday March 12 2008, 01:50PM

Darling delivers Budget

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Wednesday March 12 2008, 01:35PM

Things we want you to move over, Darling

largely in tax measures to be introduced ... capital gains tax (CGT) and the taxation ... recent corporation tax and CGT decisions. This ... regulatory or tax field, though it is ... the incoming tax hikes could be “given ... the business tax burden back down. And ... face a tax bill building to some ... re-emergence of pension fund deficits, and tightened ... Third, more tax increases will further squeeze ... implications for pension funds, in the medium ... and more tax for the Treasury. Over ... to collect tax. The absence of sudden ... that child tax credits could be increased ... capital gains tax means that many hospitality ... for their pension fund, are now looking ... Reduce corporation tax and reinstate the ... Reduce income tax and simplify the tax ... their own pension scheme within or outside ... capital gains tax reforms to his initial

Wednesday March 12 2008, 12:38PM

Women's pensions fight goes back to Lords

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Wednesday March 12 2008, 11:05AM

Council and MP join forces after both get reports of unwelcome cold ...

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Wednesday March 12 2008, 09:46AM

Private school parents face paying higher fees to subsidise places for ...

lose the tax breaks that go with ... teacher salaries, pension costs and a facilities

Wednesday March 12 2008, 08:56AM

Friends Provident anxious for answer as JC Flowers continues to mull ...

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Tuesday March 11 2008, 09:43PM

Big shake-up'will hit company pensions'

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Tuesday March 11 2008, 08:43AM

Pension reform"threatens savings of thousands"

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Tuesday March 11 2008, 07:46AM

What is needed to boost the UK economy?

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Tuesday March 11 2008, 05:37AM

MoD to spend £5m on actors

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Sunday March 09 2008, 11:55PM

Energy giants face £1bn windfall tax

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Sunday March 09 2008, 05:42PM

Crime wave at Westminster as Labour steals Tories'clothes

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Sunday March 09 2008, 06:22AM

Brown's binge means Darling's Budget is tight

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Sunday March 09 2008, 01:15AM

Can you rely on a property for a pension?

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Saturday March 08 2008, 09:11PM

Coded warnings

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Saturday March 08 2008, 07:45PM

Private equity firms'ruining UK industries'

industry criticised tax rates that leave buy-out ... paying less tax than a cleaning lady ... in insolvent pension firms. GMB general secretary

Saturday March 08 2008, 07:24PM

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through their pension providers and fund managers

Saturday March 08 2008, 03:35PM

Tired of the same old stocks? It's time to think outside the box

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Saturday March 08 2008, 06:09AM

Myners points to risks in pension scheme

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Saturday March 08 2008, 03:17AM

Thales operating profit in line, upbeat on 2008

interest and tax rose 53 percent to ... underfunding of pension liabilities. However, Thales doubled

Friday March 07 2008, 12:08PM

Scottish Citylink Coaches doubles full-year earnings

£3000 in pension contributions. Stagecoach acquired its

Thursday March 06 2008, 11:51PM

Are pension sell-offs a good thing?

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Thursday March 06 2008, 11:37PM

New York’s ‘Queen of Mean’ remains alive in Britain

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Thursday March 06 2008, 07:33PM

Aegon avoids subprime hit

effects and tax benefits a year earlier ... £1bn for pension deals - Oct-14 Aegon

Thursday March 06 2008, 12:45PM

Energy ‘tax’on the poor

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Thursday March 06 2008, 11:27AM

FKI agrees to open books after Melrose raises offer

With pension liabilities, FKI has an enterprise

Thursday March 06 2008, 12:07AM

Ten ways to pay less tax

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Wednesday March 05 2008, 09:00PM

Who'd be a pensioner in Britain today?

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Wednesday March 05 2008, 04:36PM

Pension laws under review

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Wednesday March 05 2008, 02:48PM

CGT hike triggers rush to sell companies

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Wednesday March 05 2008, 12:36AM

Hovis bread fails to rise with Premier

Financial Times - ... balance sheets in the food industry, with a debt-to-earnings before interest, tax ... It also has an estimated £200m pension deficit, giving it about £2bn in total net debt ...

Tuesday March 04 2008, 09:34AM

Can mayor charm his way out of this hole?

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Tuesday March 04 2008, 01:56AM

Scrap fuel duty increase plan - MP

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Monday March 03 2008, 11:55PM

Struggling Pickfords sold to Team

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Monday March 03 2008, 07:30PM

Escape from poorly performing pensions

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Monday March 03 2008, 05:49PM

George Osborne's green gimmick

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Monday March 03 2008, 05:49PM

Dr Brian Iddon MP calls on Pensioners to Claim their Pension Credit ...

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Monday March 03 2008, 02:51PM

Salmond thwarted on guns and tax

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Monday March 03 2008, 01:46PM

Compensation rules wrecked my pension

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Monday March 03 2008, 12:56PM

Rank Gambles On Rocky Road Ahead

hike in tax. Chief Executive Ian Burke ... of its pension plans to Goldman Sachs

Sunday March 02 2008, 02:09PM

Rentokil break-up moves a step closer

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Sunday March 02 2008, 12:07PM

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Sunday March 02 2008, 12:47AM

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Saturday March 01 2008, 09:12PM

John Menzies'profits take nosedive

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Saturday March 01 2008, 06:28PM

CBI chiefs defend private equity from union attack

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Saturday March 01 2008, 04:04PM

Rank pension move fuels takeover talk

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Saturday March 01 2008, 03:36PM

Sydney Celebrates 30th Gay Mardi Gras

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Saturday March 01 2008, 01:13PM