Tax Planning

Outsourcing solutions: Choices and challenges for advisers

Are there loopholes in the pension reforms?

Almost half of consumers due to retire within the next decade will be seeking help from regulated financial advisers, research claims.

P2P in ISAs: Advisers on risk vs reward

New business at wealth manager St James's Place (SJP) was up 18% in the third quarter of the year to £212m as clients took advantage of increased ISA limits, interim results show.

Up to 200,000 people will cash in their pension next year, netting the Treasury an additional £1.6bn in tax, according to research from Hargreaves Lansdown.

HMRC paid out a record £400,000 in 2013 to people whistleblowing on tax avoidance activities, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed.

Aegon UK has launched a whole of life protection plan which offers the ability to place the policy in a discretionary trust at application.

The number of people being pursued through the courts for tax evasion has risen by almost a third in the last year, as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) steps up its efforts to close the UK's £35bn tax gap.

Homebuyers in Scotland purchasing property worth over £250,000 will face a soaring tax bill from April next year as Stamp Duty is abolished in favour of a new levy called the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.