5 reasons why now is the time to audit your savings and investments

Last-minute decisions made in April’s rush towards the end of the financial year could cost you

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Last-minute decisions made in April’s rush towards the end of the financial year could cost you
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Savers and investors come under huge pressure to act each April as the old tax year ends and the new one begins, but this can lead to rushed decisions – making June often a better month to audit your finances.

Households across the UK paid a record £14 billion into cash ISAs in April, according to Bank of England data – the highest amount since ISAs debuted in April 1999 – as rumours of a cut to the cash ISA allowance seem to have contributed to the surge in saving.

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Laura Miller

Laura Miller is an experienced financial and business journalist. Formerly on staff at the Daily Telegraph, her freelance work now appears in the money pages of all the national newspapers. She endeavours to make money issues easy to understand for everyone, and to do justice to the people who regularly trust her to tell their stories. She lives by the sea in Aberystwyth. You can find her tweeting @thatlaurawrites