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Content provided by Beaufort Financial: Former Health Secretary, now Chair of the Health and Social care parliamentary committee, Jeremy Hunt, has called on the government to introduce a social care tax on the over 40s. But you shouldn’t wait for the government to act, instead planning for the future and maximising your retirement pot now. Reform of how social care is paid for …
Content provided by Beaufort Financial: After more than four years since the 2016 referendum, the UK and the European Union have agreed a Brexit trade deal. But while a compromise has been found, the divorce may still have far-reaching consequences for the money in your pocket. So now a deal is in place, it’s a good time to take stock of your finances …
Content provided by Beaufort Financial: If you are an investor, own a second home or regularly sell high-value assets, you could soon have to pay a lot more tax. Advisers to the Government have recommended hiking and reforming Capital Gains Tax (CGT) in a move that could raise billions to pay for the spiraling economic cost of coronavirus. If the …
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in his Autumn Spending Review that the retail prices index (RPI) will be effectively abolished in 2030. While this is later than was previously assumed, his predecessor having pushed for a faster change, the implications are still important to savers and investors. RPI measures the rising price of goods and services but has been superseded by …
The property market has been on a roll in recent months, but whether or not this can continue into 2021 remains to be seen, with the Stamp Duty cut ending and unemployment rising. At the time of writing the most recent house price index (HPI) from Nationwide Building Society suggested that house prices were growing 6.5% year-on-year in November. This was an …
From 2028, you won’t be able to access your Personal Pension until the age of 57. The government’s decision could affect your retirement plans and it’s important to review what it means for your future.
Your 55th birthday, rising to 57 in 2028, often marks being able to access your pension for the first time. The opportunity to take a 25% lump sum tax-free is certainly attractive and can be too tempting to resist. But it’s not a decision to take lightly and it isn’t the right move for everyone.
In September, the first children to benefit from Child Trust Funds were able to access them. So, what are they and if your child or grandchild has one, what are the options? Child Trust Funds were introduced in April 2005 by the then Labour government. The government automatically opened a Child Trust Fund in the name of every child born …
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the housing market and is set to continue influencing demand. So, will property prices continue to rise, or will they fall as pent-up demand dries up? In spring, as the extent of the pandemic became clear, property viewings were banned, and some agreed deals fell through as the situation changed rapidly. …
The most dangerous thing to say in investing is “this time it’s different”. We have taken a look back over the last 84 years at all the biggest reasons reasons you could come up with in any given year to not invest.
