Tax Planning

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.

Mike Morrison's take on HMRC's IHT update

HMRC has said it will pursue users and promoters of an "aggressive" tax avoidance scheme run by high flying recruitment business Anderson Group.