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City bosses call for stamp duty on shares to be scrapped to save UK stock market
Hargreaves Lansdown, IG, AJ Bell, Bestinvest and Interactive Investor - along with business lobby group CBI - are calling on the government to take urgent action to encourage people to invest in the UK stock market
By Ruth Emery
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The rich are leaving the UK due to high taxes. Where the wealthy are going
Feature Record numbers of millionaires are fleeing the UK as other countries such as Greece become more tax-friendly. We reveal the top destinations for migrating millionaires
By Marc Shoffman
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The tax thresholds frozen since the 80s – this is what they should be by now
Allowances could be four times higher if they had kept pace with inflation, according to analysis
By Laura Miller
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Top 10% of earners pay more than half of all tax – here’s a dozen ways to pay less
Frozen tax thresholds are dragging millions more people into higher and additional rate tax brackets. Will you pay more?
By Laura Miller
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Do I pay tax on Crypto? New HMRC rules to clampdown on tax evading ‘crypto bros’
New rules are set to help the taxman unmask those attempting to avoid tax on their cryptocurrency profits.
By Daniel Hilton
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Inheritance tax refunds: how to claim money back if asset prices fall
Families make 18,000 reclaims for overpaid inheritance tax in three years, often due to a decline in property prices. We explain how to claim an IHT refund
By Ruth Emery
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Little-known way inheritance tax pension raid could put thousands of businesses at risk – ‘issue is flying under the radar’
Changes to inheritance tax rules could wipe out 15,000 businesses where owners put their premises in their pension, experts have warned
By Laura Miller
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Top 3 reasons families fight over inheritance – and how to avoid disputes
Delays in the probate process mean more cases are hitting the courts, with family tensions fizzing over as they wait for a resolution to inheritances
By Laura Miller
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Tax return: HMRC’s payments on account deadline is approaching – here is why it is unfair for the self-employed
Self-assessment taxpayers have just under a week to pay the latest instalment of their tax return, but is the charge fair? Marc Shoffman explains why this is hurting self-employed people
By Marc Shoffman