tax

Continued strong demand has led the CII to extend its education programme on pensions simplification aimed at advisers who need better understanding of pensions taxation rules.

The German residential property market could be Europe's star performer of the next few years, but UK investors could be frozen out according to analysis of latest moves to restrict ownership.

Ed Balls, economic secretary to the Treasury, actually talked some sense for once at the PIMA conference the other week.

A typical British household pays more than £200,000 in indirect taxes over a lifetime, according to a report by Axa, says the Scotsman .

Investec Private Bank has launched a financing service for British expatriates who are resident in Spain and seeking property development projects in the UK.

HM Revenue and Customs is changing the way retirement annuity contracts are taxed as around 200,000 pensioners are paying too much tax.

A new guide covering the tax treatment of real estate investment trusts has been published by KPMG and Reita.

Norwich Union Healthcare is calling on the government to introduce a "back to work" tax incentive for employers which would encourage them to act sooner to prevent long-term illness among their employees.

PAUL DAVIDSON, the entrepreneur known as The Plumber, intends to seek £5m in costs after the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal found he had been unreasonably treated by the Financial Services Authority, reports the Daily Telegraph.

In the last submission we touched on how there are many advisers who have recommended onshore bonds when the offshore alternative may have proved more effective.