Tax Planning

TAX RELIEF

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is being investigated by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which is questioning the Big Four accountancy firm's independence during an audit.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has promised people earning minimum wage will pay no income tax should the Liberal Democrats stay in government.

Financial education has been confirmed as an official part of the English national curriculum, including lessons on the public finances.

Britain's most expensive homes should be hit with a ‘super mansion tax' to help raise billions in tax revenues, according to a senior Liberal Democrat.

Prime Minister David Cameron has told other Members of Parliament that it is unfair to refer to Guernsey as a tax haven.

PROTECTION

TAX PLANNING

Confidence among investors that the Bank of England (BoE) will hold rates at record lows for as long as it has implied appears to be falling after a key economic indicator suggested the UK's economic recovery is gathering pace.

Higher income parents who continue to receive child benefit payments have one month to register for self-assessment.