Gordon Andrews & Jon Greer: Five priorities for new chancellor Sajid Javid

Annual allowance, RNRB, IHT and more

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As Sajid Javid succeeds Philip Hammond as chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Andrews and Jon Greer highlight five personal finance reforms he ought to prioritise

The tax system has grown ever more complex under the stewardship of George Osborne and Phillip Hammond, leaving plenty of unfinished business for Sajid Javid, writes Jon Greer. There is a backlog of unhelpful policies that are at best obfuscated tax grabs and at worst badly thought out measures with dire unintended consequences. The annual allowance taper, residence nil-rate band and Lifetime Isa (Lisa) have all made our tax and savings system more complex. These contrived policies were aimed to target very specific behaviours and practices but the complexity of the design means they hav...

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