ISAs

British taxpayers have wasted £88.6bn in tax relief over the last decade, and will waste a further £12.6bn in 2012 alone, a new report suggests.

Saving into stocks and shares ISAs overtook savings into pensions for the first time in a decade in 2010/11, figures suggest.

Advisers have been urged to remind clients they could shelter more than £58,000 from the taxman this ISA season.

Zurich Financial Services has launched a website aiming to help advisers ensure their clients use their full annual ISA allowance.

The Treasury has again rejected calls to allow more alternative investment market (AIM) shares in individual savings accounts (ISAs).

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Advisers have given a cautious welcome to a new tool claiming to reveal and compare the amount of commission consumers are currently paying through their investments.

The Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) has welcomed Treasury proposals which will give investors affected by the failure of financial firms the opportunity to use compensation to top up their ISAs beyond the current subscription limits.

Peter Walls, manager of the Unicorn Mastertrust fund, offers his advice on which asset classes are best suited for newly-launched Junior ISAs.

Hargreaves Lansdown plans to charge investors who hold certain tracker funds on its Vantage platform a flat fee of up to £2 per month, compared to the current annual rate of 0.5%.