An online tax calculator allowing savers to calculate the financial impact of Gordon Brown's 1997 decision to abolish tax credits on pension funds has been launched by Brewin Dolphin.
Gordon Brown has refused to apologise for the decision to abolish tax credits on dividends which is estimated to have cost occupational pension schemes around £5bn a year.
The Information Tribunal has scheduled a full two-day hearing to decide whether the Treasury should be made to reveal detailed information about the effects on pension schemes of the removal of tax relief on dividends in 1997.
Pensions are the "single biggest policy failure" of Gordon Brown, with lower paid workers not in defined benefit schemes suffering the most, claims the Conservatives.
Gordon Brown's decision to abolish advanced corporation tax in 1997 has cost pension schemes at least £100bn in present value terms.
The Conservatives have criticised the Treasury for being so 'secretive' over information relating to the removal of tax relief on dividends.
New law will require a new tack from advisers helping clients sort out wills, tax-planning and pre-nuptual agreements in line with the just passed Civil Partnership Act.
Today marks the first day the Disability Discrimination Act comes into full force, affecting all types of businesses in their dealings with both customers and staff.
Huntswood Outsourcing, a regulatory and compliance specialist, is claiming the first RNIB accreditation for producing a financial services website that meets new standards of access.