Autumn Statement ATED Tax Enveloped Dwellings

Autumn Statement Personal Allowance Increase

Autumn Statement Non Dom Remittance Basis User Tax

Published / Last Updated on 03/12/2014

Video covers Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement December 2014 and the addition i.e. an increase in tax for the remittance basis user for non UK domiciles (non dom).

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Politics & Economy

Budget 2015 Help to Buy ISA

Budget 2015 Help to Buy ISA

Chancellor launches a new Help to Buy ISA for first time buyers saving for a deposit with a £50 bonus fro every £200 saved. Can invest an initial £1000 ...

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Politics & Economy

Budget 2015 Flexible ISA

Budget 2015 Flexible ISA

Chancellor confirms that you will be able to withdraw funds from your ISA in current tax year and top it back up under new flexible ISA rules....

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Politics & Economy

Budget 2015 Personal Savings Allowance

Budget 2015 Personal Savings Allowance

Chancellor confirms a new Personal Savings Allowance of £1000 interest tax free for a basic rate tax payer and £500 for higher rate tax payer but is it about ...

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Tax Plan

Budget 2015 Deed of Variation Review

Budget 2015 Deed of Variation Review

The Chancellor confirms that the use of Deed of Variation will be reviewed for inheritance tax abuse but we believe it is all about care fees means test planning....

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Politics & Economy

Budget 2015 Stop Self Employed Class 2 National Insurance

Budget 2015 Stop Self Employed Class 2 National Insurance

Chancellor confirms that flat rate class 2 National Insurance for self employed will stop but we believe this is about harmonising tax take for both employed and self employed....

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Business

Quantitative Easing Explained

Quantitative Easing Explained

Video explores government borrowing and sovereign debt and buying back debt using QE quantitative easing.Transcript:“Hello again and thank you for joining me. I get asked quite a lot: “what ...

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Advice Tips

Autumn Statement Mortgage Transparency

Autumn Statement Mortgage Transparency

Video covers Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement December 2014 and plans for mortgage fees transparency....

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Politics & Economy

Autumn Statement Children Air Passenger Tax

Autumn Statement Children Air Passenger Tax

Video covers Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement December 2014 and removal air passenger tax for children below ages 12 and then 16....

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Politics & Economy

Autumn Statement ATED Tax Enveloped Dwellings

Autumn Statement ATED Tax Enveloped Dwellings

Video covers Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement December 2014 and the increase in the annual tax for enveloped dwellings owned inside company structures valued at £2m plus....

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Politics & Economy

Autumn Statement Personal Allowance Increase

Autumn Statement Personal Allowance Increase

Video looks that the increase to the personal tax allowance, the first tier amount you can earn without paying income and its increase from April 2015. Ist this any ...

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Politics & Economy

Autumn Statement Tax Free Annuity on Death

Autumn Statement Tax Free Annuity on Death

Video explains Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement December 2014 and paying a tax free pension annuity to spouse on death before age 75....

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Politics & Economy

Autumn Statement Tax Free ISA Transfer on Death

Autumn Statement Tax Free ISA Transfer on Death

Video explains Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement December 2014 and the new facility to transfer ISA tax benefits to a surviving spouse on death....

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Politics & Economy

Autumn Statement Stamp Duty Changes Dec 14

Autumn Statement Stamp Duty Changes Dec 14

Video explains changes the stamp duty land tax with effect from 4 Dec 2014 in Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Overview

2014 Budget Overview

This is our overview of the key issues that came with the 2014 budget from Chancellor George Osborne....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Flexible Drawdown

2014 Budget Flexible Drawdown

Which effect 27th March 2014 the guaranteed income amount is being reduced from £20,000 to £12,000. This means if you have a guaranteed/secured income of £12,000pa from private and ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Stamp Duty on ATED

2014 Budget Stamp Duty on ATED

If a company structure buys a residential property valued at £500,000 or more then there is going to be a 15% stamp duty charge on top of the transaction....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Annual Tax Envelope Dwellings

2014 Budget Annual Tax Envelope Dwellings

In the budget were the new changes to Annual Tax on Envelope Dwellings (ATED). The minimum residential property that can be taxed if it’s held inside a company structure ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Transferring Your Personal Allowance

2014 Budget Transferring Your Personal Allowance

From April 2015 you will be able to transfer unused personal allowance up to £1,050 to your spouse or civil partner....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Self-Employment National Insurance

2014 Budget Self-Employment National Insurance

From April 2015 class 2 national insurance contributions will be collected via self-assessment....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Personal Allowance

2014 Budget Personal Allowance

From the 6th April 2014 the personal allowance will be going up to £10,000 and will be going up to £10,500 in 2015....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Free Pensions Guidance Service

2014 Budget Free Pensions Guidance Service

New plans are being put into place for those who have an investment linked defined pension scheme for get some free guidance.There is no more information on this and ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget National Savings Changes

2014 Budget National Savings Changes

Currently you can invest £30,000 in premium bonds, this is changing in August to £40,000 and again in 2015 to £50,000.Also they are doubling the amount of million pound ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Expat Personal Allowances

2014 Budget Expat Personal Allowances

Currently if you are a UK national and are overseas but still getting income from the UK then you can still get a full personal allowance depending on what ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Capped Drawdown Changes

2014 Budget Capped Drawdown Changes

Capped drawdown is being increased from 120% of the usual amount you could have received with an annuity, to 150%....

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Pensions When Not Working

2014 Budget Pensions When Not Working

Even if you are not working you can still pay into a pension scheme up to £3600pa and get tax relief. Originally you could only do this up to ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Triviality Changes

2014 Budget Triviality Changes

The limit that you are allowed to withdraw your individual small pension pot is increasing from £2,000 to £10,000. The triviality limit for small pension pots is increasing from ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget ISA Allowance Changes

2014 Budget ISA Allowance Changes

From the 1st of July 2014 the allowance for adult ISAs will be increased to £15,000. Junior ISA allowance will increase to £4,000.They are also changing the way ISAs ...

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Politics & Economy

2014 Budget Savings Marginal Tax Rate Change

2014 Budget Savings Marginal Tax Rate Change

If you have normal income up to the personal allowance (£10,000 2014/15 and £10,500 2015/16) and only savings investment income only up to £2880 then you pay 10% income ...

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Autumn Statement ATED Tax Enveloped Dwellings

Autumn Statement Personal Allowance Increase