Income tax

Susan McDonald, chief executive of Calculus Capital, says now we are out of recession, investors should consider the benefits of EIS funds.

Everyone earning over £20,000 a year faces a tax rise from 2011.

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled plans for a tax on owners of £1m-plus properties to free low-paid workers and pensioners of income tax duties.

Life cover for high earners. David Pugh asks: Are senior employees and their beneficiaries at risk?

Income tax will rise to 50% for high earners to help the Treasury keep the budget deficit under control.

Failure to claim back overpayments of tax has resulted in UK residents losing out on £322m in 2007, research suggests.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, has called for national income tax to be cut by 4p to help boost consumer spending and support the economy.

Changes announced in the Budget mean the State Second Pension may not become flat-rate until 2035, four years later than planned, claims the Pensions Management Institute.

Gordon Brown's decision to cut the basic rate of income tax to 20% was clearly signposted by the proposals for tax relief on personal accounts, claims Standard Life.

The government will reduce the basic rate income tax rate to 20p from April 2008 but intends to remove the 10p non-savings tax rate and increase the higher rate tax threshold.