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Funding for retirement in 20 years?
Hi. I saw some of tonight's ITV prog about disappearing pensions, which seemed pretty doom and gloom and has made me wonder what alternatives there are. Take the following situation: You are in a...
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Buying a house with gift from parents
I am in the process of buying a house as my main residence with my mother putting up 1/3 and father the other 1/3. They want to make the contribution as a gift so that if they die after 7 years they...
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For Tim - DDA
Don't know if this has any relevance to our recent discussion. Have a quick look. Tiddy Ogg.
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Here's an interesting one
A bit of a debate between myself and someone who's professionally in the pensions field: Company has a pension scheme. It's in deficit and the company has agreed to pay X Pounds into it for Y years to...
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Surrendering a Car to finance company
Hi, Just after a bit of advice or information before I speak to my car loan company (Black Horse) I took a car loan out in 2005 to buy a car, which I still have, I am moving into a new house and the...
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Import Tent from USA - tax implications
Looking to have a friend purchase a tent in the USA ($360 v UK price of £290) and ship it over as a gift to me in the UK. Just wondering what the situation is regarding VAT and import tax etc - has...
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Set company setup - do I need an accounant
Hi all I am about to setup a new ltd company for the first time so a few quick questions 1. once registed do I have to start doing bussines stright away. what i mean is if I register a LTD company...
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BP Garage cloning debit card
It's likely I've had my card cloned at the local BP Garage, one I use all the time. 2 days after buying some petrol I notice a transaction for 178.72 in Canada, report it, card cancelled, police...
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Requirement to issue VAT receipt
At my company, we recently placed an order with Sainsburys online delivery service for some provisions for the office. When we phoned them up and asked them for a VAT receipt, they replied that it is...
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Tax Return for Self-employed
I went self-employed 1 November 2005 and intend to take my first tax period to 5 April 2006. I 'transfered' my car (value £6000 with 70% business use) and computer hardware (£500) into the business....
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Chip and signature cards (Not a paranoid ranting :-) )
Hi all, I`ve been using my chip and signature card quite a lot recently, and have been getting a lot of staff very confused by it. One cashier even tried to refuse to accept it, until I explained that...
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From Drawdown to ISA
Drawdown schemes are fine in some circumstances, but the bulk of the fund remains untouchable and is not available to a surviving spouse. How about taking the maximum every year and re-investing in...
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Transferring funds to the USA
Within the next few weeks I might be wanting to transfer some 25,000 or so to an existing (dollar) bank account in the USA. What would be the most cost-efficient way of doing this?
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Self Assesment and Tax Coding
I'm a higher rate tax payer and have always filled in a tax return each year. The IR have now told me they won't require me to submit a tax form and my latest PAYE code looks like they have adjusted...
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is there a way to find out who owns a house via the land registry
hi , is there a way to find out who owns a house via the land registry with a small fee? , i 've seen a run down place that looks unlived in , but am unsure how to find out who owns the property , as...
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