FT.com - Personal Finance
FT.com - Personal Finance
FT.com - Personal Finance

Banks restrict lending to existing customers

14 Dec 2009 at 11:48am
More people are applying for loans but fewer are securing one, and those banks that are lending are only doing so to their existing customers

Battle looms over BA pensions

14 Dec 2009 at 2:07pm
British Airways signalled the start of a protracted battle with the Pensions Regulator over the price tag on its retirement obligations, the outcome of which will be crucial to its tie-up with Spain's Iberia

Top bankers destroy value, study claims

13 Dec 2009 at 6:01pm
Bankers should count themselves lucky they are being hit by a mere 50 per cent additional tax on bonuses, a report argues, because their benefit to society is negative

Investors urged to sell before next tax rise

11 Dec 2009 at 12:56pm
Seven out of ten wealth advisers warn that capital gains tax will almost certainly be raised in a pre- or post-election Budget

It's not just bankers seeking a way round bonus tax

11 Dec 2009 at 1:00pm
Fund managers, stockbrokers, and even some financial advisers will be hit by the new 50 per cent levy on "bankers'" bonuses

40 per cent tax to hit more middle-income taxpayers

11 Dec 2009 at 1:11pm
Hundreds of thousands more taxpayers could be drawn into the 40 per cent income tax band over the next few years, accountants say, following a freeze on the higher-rate threshold and personal allowances in Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report (PBR) this week

Chancellor closes two inheritance tax loopholes

11 Dec 2009 at 1:07pm
The inheritance tax (IHT) nil rate band is to be held at £325,000 in 2010, while the elimination of two loopholes in IHT rules may result in closer scrutiny of funds that are transferred into trusts used for IHT purposes.

Pension relief restricted for high earners

11 Dec 2009 at 1:08pm
High earners are being advised to make contributions to their pensions now, before higher rate tax relief is scaled back further from 2011

Tax avoidance and evasion come under fresh assault

11 Dec 2009 at 11:15am
Tax avoidance and evasion are under siege as the government has introduced a range of measures to clampdown on both practices.

Energy efficiency

11 Dec 2009 at 1:03pm
A boiler scrappage scheme and an exemption of all electric cars from company car tax for five years are part of a range of green measures to encourage consumers and businesses to become more energy efficient

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