United Kingdom

Tax & Regulation | 21 Oct 16

Upcoming changes to the tax rules governing non-UK domiciles, set to come into effect in April next year, should be postponed until the “full effects of Brexit” are understood, a leading London-headquartered accountancy firm has urged.

Retirement | 20 Oct 16

Waves of changing legislation have made pensions and Isas incredibly and unnecessarily complicated, discouraging people from saving, says Andy Bell, chief executive of investment platform AJ Bell.

Best Practice | 20 Oct 16

The gap between between the amount of tax HM Revenue & Customs expected to collect in the last financial year and what it actually raised has fallen to its lowest ever level, and is now one of the smallest in the world.

Retirement | 18 Oct 16

The UK government has scrapped plans to set up a secondary market in annuities saying “it has become clear that creating the conditions to allow a competitive market to emerge could not be balanced with sufficient consumer protections”.

Best Practice | 17 Oct 16

More than three in five UK adults with assets above the individual inheritance tax (IHT) threshold do not know what the limit is and are potentially putting their families at risk of an unexpected tax bill, according to Canada Life.