by Faye Burr | Jul 1, 2022 | News, Tips & Advice
The UK Government has recently brought about legislation to increase the transparency of UK-based Trust arrangements. This wide-ranging legislation requires Trustees of UK Trusts to register key information about the Trust, it’s Trustees and potential beneficiaries...
by Faye Burr | Jun 6, 2022 | News, Plan Well, Tips & Advice
Pensioners are on track to receive a record £1,000 boost to the state pension next April, as inflation ramps up and the Government promises to reinstate the “triple lock”. Runaway inflation will deliver a delayed bumper increase to the state benefit, with price growth...
by Faye Burr | May 6, 2022 | Plan Well, Tips & Advice
Since 2018 homeowners have benefited from extra tax breaks on their main home when passing it on to a direct descendent, known as the “main residence nil rate band”, or “family home allowance”. Today this stands at £175,000 and comes on top of the standard £325,000...
by Faye Burr | Apr 8, 2022 | Tips & Advice
Households are already grappling with the worst cost of living crisis in a generation, but budgets will be further squeezed as of April 1 by a raft of price and tax rises. The biggest change for most will be the increase in the energy cap from the beginning of the...
by Faye Burr | Mar 8, 2022 | Live Happy, Plan Well
Mike Fox, 60, invested in three buy-to-let properties as his pension, but now he faces huge bills. Plans to exclude buy-to-let landlords from funding for fire safety works will destroy pensioners’ retirement plans and make small-scale landlords go bankrupt,...