Tax Planning

Five key announcements advisers can expect from George Osborne

The Treasury will net an extra £700m in tax this year as a result of the pensions freedom and choice reforms, Hargreaves Lansdown has projected.

The Chancellor George Osborne is set to confirm an increase in the inheritance tax (IHT) threshold to £1m per couple in this week's Budget.

Ten important questions advisers should be asking

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has widened the range of investments available through ISAs to include peer-to-peer lending trusts.

The month of May marked the end of the UK's brief spell of negative inflation, but advisers and investors are being warned to beware the result.

Steve Webb has warned that the Conservative government may target the £15bn salary sacrifice bill in its July emergency Budget.

Will people run out of cash in retirement?

Alan Higham shares his key pensions priorities

The lifetime allowance "has outlived its usefulness" and should be scrapped as part of a wider overhaul of pension taxation, Tom McPhail has said.