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              Tax

              • Friday, 6 December, 2024
                UK tax
                UK’s largest estates pay an average of £9mn in inheritance tax

                Wealthiest estates face prospect of higher rates of liability following the Budget

              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                UK tax
                Number of people caught in 60% ‘tax trap’ up 45% in two years

                Rise for taxpayers earning more than £100,000 blamed on frozen thresholds and wage inflation

              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                Italian economy
                Italy’s slowing economy raises pressure on Meloni

                Statistics agency halves GDP growth for 2024 as parliament adopts first part of next year’s budget

                Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at a conference in Rome, Italy on November 27 2024
              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                Inside Politics
                Starmer, it’s all about delivering on those pledges

                Labour’s biggest problem remains its promises on income tax, value added tax and national insurance

                Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference with a ‘5 Missions For A Better Britain’ logo in the background
              • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
                Ireland
                Ireland urged to set aside more of its corporate tax windfall

                Country’s independent fiscal watchdog calls for Norwegian-style approach to saving surplus cash

                The river Liffey in the city centre of Dublin
              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                Deutsche Bank AG
                Deutsche Bank chief calls for relief on regulation and ‘rethink’ on tax

                Call comes amid discontent with Germany’s ruling coalition ahead of snap election in February

                Deutsche Bank chief executive Christian Sewing at a conference in Frankfurt, Germany on November 22 2024
              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                Will my loved ones have to pay tax on my pension when I die?

                I’m worried about the new rules that mean my pension is subject to inheritance tax

              • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
                UK tax
                Investors call for reform of Scotland’s ‘stamp duty’ to boost investment

                Asset managers call for removal of ‘disincentive’ to property spending north of the border

                View of the new Scottish parliament building and Calton Hill from the crags in Edinburgh
              • Monday, 2 December, 2024
                Mike Ashley
                Mike Ashley takes on HMRC over ‘egregious’ data protection breaches

                Retail tycoon pursues tax authority in court case for failing to hand over personal information

                Mike Ashley leaves the Rolls Building in February 2024 during his lawsuit against Morgan Stanley
              • Friday, 29 November, 2024
                News in-depthIreland
                Ireland heads to the polls as Trump’s tax threat looms

                Country’s fiscal bonanza at risk from US president-elect’s pledge to match low corporation tax rate

                An election warehouse manager  walks among rows of empty ballot boxes in a warehouse in Dublin, Ireland. He is holding a sign that reads "Polling Station / Ionad Vótála"
              • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
                The FT ViewThe editorial board
                Britain’s government must rebuild business confidence

                Labour needs employers and wealth creators to propel its ambitions for growth

                A Jaguar Land Rover vehicle manufacturing plant in Solihull
              • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
                Australia
                Australia increases pressure on multinationals with tax disclosure law

                Parliament passes central bank reform that will set up a new monetary policy board

                People jog under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia
              • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
                UK tax
                Labour’s hedge fund donors took low-tax option of £160mn loans

                Quadrature Capital partners may face lower bill from arrangement compared with dividends, say experts

                The Cayman Islands
              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                Can my brother and I resolve our financial dispute out of court?

                We are currently fighting over our late mother’s will - and it’s getting nasty between us

              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                News in-depthUK politics
                ‘It has been bumpy’: Starmer reckons with plunging approval ratings

                Even allies of the UK prime minister, whose approval ratings have collapsed, say he needs to raise his game — and quickly

              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
                UK tax
                New UK non-dom concession ‘accelerates’ wealthy people’s exit plans

                Anyone leaving before April 2025 will become exempt from inheritance tax after three years

                Montage shows a couple with suitcases against a backdrop of the HMRC logo
              • Monday, 25 November, 2024
                UK business
                Reeves reiterates no more tax increases on UK businesses

                Chancellor defends her Budget at CBI conference, saying revenue-raising measures were necessary

                Chancellor Rachel Reeves
              • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
                Inheritance
                UK wealth managers warn Reeves over plan to levy inheritance tax on pensions

                AJ Bell boss tells chancellor that ‘complex and costly’ Budget proposal will ‘undermine’ retirement savings system

                A pedestrian holding an umbrella walks in the rain across Westminster Bridge in London with the Houses of Parliament in the background
              • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
                UK tax
                Brits retiring abroad could avoid UK inheritance tax under new loophole

                Budget measure allows anyone staying abroad for 10 years to avoid death duties on global wealth

                Elderly British tourists relaxing on the beach in Spain
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                UK ministers accused of £2.7bn ‘backdoor hike’ in business rates

                Chancellor will taper relief for thousands of shops, pubs and restaurants over next two years

                Shoppers pass a cafe in Cambridge, UK
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                Private investing
                Tax rises drive surge in venture capital trust investment

                Savers have put £250mn in VCTs since April, up 27% in a year

                The Five Guys burger chain
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                The Big Question
                The Big Question: Should farmers have to pay inheritance tax?

                The government says the levy targets landowners seeking to shelter wealth, but food producers say it will hit them hard

                FT montage of a tractor and ‘No farmers, No food’ protest banners with a large question mark between them
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                Moira O'Neill
                Quick fixes to lower your inheritance tax liability

                Act before pension pots are swept up by the tax net

                Illustration of an elderly woman and her house inside an hourglass
              • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
                John Lewis Partnership PLC
                John Lewis chief criticises UK Budget as ‘two-handed grab’ from business

                Nish Kankiwala is latest retail head to warn of additional costs for retailers and higher prices for consumers

                Nish Kankiwala on an escalator inside John Lewis store on Oxford Street in London, England on November 19 2024
              • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
                Tax returns
                HMRC haul from late-filing penalties at a five-year high

                Tax authority has received almost £1bn in fines since 2018

                A person fills out their UK tax return online
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