Will a Brexit really be bad for my pension?
In the last four big decisions in the UK the polls have been wrong; in the case of the last election, pretty disastrously so! Nevertheless the evidence is that a Brexit is less likely than the remain vote. For the record I think it will be closer than the polls think, but if you look […]
An increase to self-employed national insurance? Be careful what you wish for!
The Chancellor’s budget makes provision for a £360m cost for the abolition of Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) from 2018; with the self-employed moving to the same single tier state pension as employed individuals. Although the phasing out of Basic and Second State Pensions is a total con for most people in the UK, the […]
Entrepreneurs’ Relief just got a whole lot better
I am all for simplification but whilst the 2010 changes to Capital Gains Tax simplified the rules, they have made them unfair and incentivised the wrong behaviour.
