The great recession of 2008 has led to record peacetime government budget deficits across the developed world. These massive debt piles have highlighted to governments the cost of generous pension and welfare benefit arrangements enacted decades earlier. The impact of…
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UK pensioners now enjoy larger weekly income than people of working age. In October the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Office of National Statistics published information that was both significant but not surprising. Firstly, UK pensioners now enjoy larger…
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From April 2016 the Dividend Tax Credit will be replaced by a new tax-free Dividend Allowance. The Dividend Allowance means that you won’t have to pay tax on the first £5,000 of your dividend income, no matter what non-dividend income…
Read more... Further to my recent blog which covered the reduction in the annual allowance for people with earnings from £150,000 from April 2016, it is apparent that up until this point there is a window where high earners can fund to…
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From 6 April 2016 the Employment Allowance will be increased to £3,000 for some employers. However, from April 2016 incorporated companies where the sole employee is the director will now be excluded from receiving this allowance.
Read more... Since the introduction of retirement freedoms from 6th April 2015 the changes above have provided for further planning opportunities. Prior to 6th April 2015 only a dependant of the member could receive a drawdown income on the member’s death. Now…
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US Investment Bank Morgan Stanley have just issued a so called “full house” buy alert on international stock markets. This “full house” buy alert is the first since February 2009 and effectively is calling the bottom of this summer’s equity…
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Estate Capital would like to congratulate all the local businesses that have made the Swansea Bay Business Life Top 100 Companies. The annual awards sponsored by Barclays Corporate and PWC highlight the success of local enterprise. We are pleased to…
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When the Board of the US Federal Reserve meet on Wednesday and Thursday this week they will debate whether to raise the US Fed Funds interest rate. If they do this will be the first rate rise from a developed…
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