High earners in UK stung by NI contributions rise
Gains made from rise in higher income tax rate threshold halved by NIC increase
Budget
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Pension and tax industries respond to the budget
Despite a lengthy spell at the despatch box, UK chancellor delivered few real blows
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Budget: pension dashboards and a cold-calling ban
Dashboards – plural – could be a game changer, as pensions cold-calling in the UK takes a big step towards oblivion
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No further pension raid in otherwise lacklustre budget
Pensions and the annual allowance were given stays of execution but no-deal Brexit could prompt rethink
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UK chancellor set to launch collective DC pensions consultation
Announcement expected to start process of implementing legal and regulatory guidelines for schemes
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Tax pensions on death to make Budget add up, IFS tells gov’t
IFS suggests radical set of tax rises on wealthy retired to make UK tax system more efficient
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South Africa budget increases wealth tax
South Africa’s finance minister has announced an increase in estate duty from 20% to 25% for those with properties worth ZAR30m (£1.8m, $2.7m, €2.1m), a move a legal expert says will have a “significant effect” on the nation’s wealthy.
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Savers snared in £300m business tax
A UK budget measure aimed at corporates will eat into people’s savings, a government letter has revealed.
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Expert planning in wake of UK Budget
Nearly a month on from the UK’s Autumn Budget, what have the experts uncovered for financial planners going forward into 2018?
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Five Autumn Budget predictions
With chancellor Philip Hammond poised to release the government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday, International Adviser has spoken to experts from Old Mutual Wealth, RSM, Mazars, Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth and Aegon to get their budget predictions.
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Tighter offshore trust and tax regulation in budget says RSM
A potentially misconceived public perception of offshore trusts and tax law is putting pressure on chancellor Philip Hammond to further tighten regulations in the upcoming UK budget, according to experts from consulting firm RSM.
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Hammond’s budget surplus dream in tatters after IFS kick
Philip Hammond needs to admit his promise to eradicate the UK’s budget deficit by the mid-2020s is “no longer sensible”, a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said.