Tax

Budget bag

Tax is hard to avoid and can take a big slice from your investment returns. Every investor should understand the basics to make sure they are not giving too much of their hard-earned cash to the government.

Recent articles (3)

Tax advice of the week: get IHT right

(20 November 09)

Valuing property for inheritance-tax purposes is far from straghtforward. Get it wrong and you face extra tax - and a penalty.

Tax advice of the week: Thirteen CGT-free assets

(13 November 09)

Don't forget that some assets escape capital-gains tax, says The Schmidt Report. Here's a reminder of thirteen of the main ones.

Tax advice of the week: Claim pre-incorporation expenses

(06 November 09)

If you spend money setting up a business before you have formed a company, the person who runs up the expenses must be the one to claim the tax relief. That's a problem if your company wasn't formed when the expenses were incurred. So what's the solution?