UK Finance Discussions

Basis Year

Is the nominated "basis year" system for earnings being scrapped from April 2006? NB

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posted by nick

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CCTV cameras pointing directly at a PIN terminal

Hi everyone, I've noticed a CCTV camera in a public building that has got me wondering. There are a number of chip and...

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posted by simonfinnigan

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CIFAS false warning against my address - why?

After applying online for an account with a building society, they contacted me by phone to verify the application and...

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posted by d

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Family trading companies and inheritance tax.

I understood that family owned trading companies escaped inheritance tax. Is this still the case? If for instance my pa...

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posted by Fred

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Company Car ?

Hi I have no experience of company cars, I am just about to change jobs and there is the offer of a company car. The ro...

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posted by woodyuk

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What is the situation regarding prepaid credit cards in UK?

A few months ago I read about a prepayment, one-time credit card in Ireland (Eire) that could be purchased for cash fro...

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posted by kylix_is

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Calculating Pension Annuity Factors - Medium Cohort adjustments

Hi, I made a posting on the subject of calculating pension annuity factors on the FSA basis a couple of months ago. Ins...

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posted by sylvian_stone

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The process of a cheque

Dear all, For a school project I am looking at what happens when a cheque is paid into a bank. Could anyone explain how...

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posted by tinylittleone1995

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Credit crunch on the way for the UK ?

More signs of credit tightening. Following yesterdays decision to abandon lending for 'buy-to-let' on newbuild flats by...

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posted by crowleyalastair

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Contracting out of SERPS

As I understand it, contracting out of the second state pension would reduce NI contributions from 11% to 9.4%. I am 25...

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posted by alfi286

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new inheritance tax proposals

In the small print of Gordon Brown's 2005 pre-budget report was an alteration to the payment of inheritance tax. Paymen...

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posted by link

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Pension Question - Salary Conversion

I have a company pension scheme, and make usual contributions via salary deductions. My company is now offering the opt...

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posted by jedimaster.rob

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Gordon's Taxation

I can just imagine him now, grinning, nay, chucking in merriment with the thought of how well his taxation on the oil c...

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posted by <nospam

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Pension Changes - 'recycling' Tax Free Cash

Aside from the news on residential property / SIPPs which made the headlines, has anyone seen the proposals to stop ind...

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posted by sylvian_stone

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