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What’s better than two types of income tax? Three types of income tax!
Analysis The government is to fund social care costs by raising National Insurance contributions and adding a “health and social care levy”. John Stepek looks at what's been announced and what it means for your money.
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How to top up your state pension
Advice To get the full state pension, you will need to have made national insurance contributions for at least 35 years, But if don't qualify, you may be able to do something about it.
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Government launches final Covid support scheme for the self-employed
Advice A fifth and final round of the government’s aid scheme for the self-employed, with grants of up to £7,500, has been launched.
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The myth of hypothecated taxes
Editor's letter The government wants to add a penny on our National Insurance contributions to pay for social care. But it won’t, says Merryn Somerset Webb. It will just vanish into the black hole of our public finances.
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How flexible working could affect your pension
Advice Flexible working may have a permanent effect on how we save for retirement, says David Prosser.
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How to navigate the child-benefit maze
Advice The child benefit system is infernally complicated and rife with potential pitfalls.
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The end-of-tax-year to-do list for small businesses
Advice If you run a business, get on top of your paperwork before 2020-2021 draws to a close.
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Women could be compensated for state-pension shortfall
News A government inquiry has said that up to 200,000 women could be owed a collective £1.7bn in compensation, with the average woman being owed £13,500 in underpaid state pensions.
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Tax returns: make sure you declare child benefit
Advice If you owe HMRC a repayment of child benefit cash, you need to act quickly, says Ruth Jackson-Kirby.
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