With changes to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) expected in the Autumn Budget, one existing variant has been heavily criticised by the Treasury Select Committee.
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As summer fades, an Autumn Budget looms…
It is once more time to turn from sunny thoughts of summer holidays to contemplation of the Autumn Budget.
Company car popularity rises
New research from HMRC show company cars are becoming more common – and greener.
How much retirement income do you need?
New research suggests some retirement costs have fallen, but there is a twist…
A strangely timed report on attitudes to salary sacrifice
In late May, HMRC published a report – based on data collected in summer 2023 and dated January 2024 – that had been held back for months. Why the delay?
The return of the Winter Fuel Payment
The Winter Fuel Payment will be returning for most pensioners in England and Wales this winter.
You may have missed – adult social care review slips under the radar
The first Friday of May was a busy news day. The ideal day to make an announcement that you might prefer to be overlooked – such as the Government’s new commission into adult social care in England.
‘Yippy’ days in the markets – a new way of measuring the jitters
A new word was added to investors’ vocabulary in April. “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy, you know, they were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.” So said President Trump seven days after his Rose Garden Liberation Day presentation of unexpectedly high tariffs on US imports.
Unloved LISA?
The Lifetime ISA (LISA) is arguably a good example of brand overstretch. When ISAs were first launched in 1999, there were only two varieties, and they replaced two existing tax-favoured savings plans – PEPs (personal equity plans) and TESSAs (tax exempt special savings accounts).