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George Osborne’s Emergency Budget reviewed

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories: Business | Tags: entrepreneurs, economy, capital gains tax, CGT, income tax, Richard Jameson, VAT, budget, relief, George Osborne, deficit, budget2010, NICs, personal allowance

Tax hikes announced with more spending cuts and blood-letting to follow in the autumn – that’s how Chancellor George Osborne’s intends to balance the books with today’s Emergency Budget. But what didn’t he mention?

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Seven predictions for where the emergency Budget will hit your wealth

Friday, June 11, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Protecting your wealth | Tags: HNWIs, property, capital gains tax, CGT, pensions, IHT, tax avoidance, budget, NIC, planning, domicile, residence, PPR, private residence relief, NICs, National Insurance Contributions

How are your revenues, assets and tax planning likely to be affected in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget on 22 June? We look at seven areas that will affect high net worth individuals…

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Expect tax rises to be kept in the dark until after the election

Wednesday, May 05, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, Richard Jameson, Alistair Darling, tax policy, PSBR, election, NICs, national insurance, tax rises, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour

So far, the UK General Election has been marked less by the usual debates over different tax policy minutiae and more by who will cut spending from what, when they intend to do it, and at what rate.

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‘Double Whammy’ tax for high earners

Tuesday, April 06, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: Francesca Lagerberg, income tax, BBC, inflation, deficit, fiscal drag, election, NICs, personal allowances, 50p tax rate, higher earners, public finances, state pension, tax increases

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Watch the BBC interview with

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Where’s the pain and gain in Budget 2010?

Monday, March 29, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories: Business, Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, entrepreneurs, economy, CGT, income tax, Richard Jameson, budget, Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, stamp duty, fiscal drag, PSBR, budget2010, election, forecasts, NICs

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Attempted headline-grabbing announcements,

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Five things the Government could do to keep Britain working

Monday, February 08, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories: Business, Employer, Protecting your wealth | Tags: economy, government, Richard Jameson, tax policy, relocation, Tax Manifesto, labour, NICs, National Insurance Contributions, flexible, manifesto, personal tax allowance, working, jobs

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Flexible working, targeted National Insurance holidays, tax breaks for new workers or the long-term unemployed… with 1% going on National Insurance Contributions, we need to stimulate the jobs market to keep workers off state benefits. Here’s some free advice for the next government…

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