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- BusinessAOL
Why putting your pension into property may be a bad idea
Under the changes to the drawdown rules you will in theory now be able to strip out your pension pot and buy a buy-to-let if you like but will the government get wise to this and increase capital gains tax (CGT) accordingly? The ability to get
- BusinessAOL
Let's ditch national insurance to make tax clearer
It's not often that I actually agree with chancellor George Osborne but he's got it right when it comes to renaming national insurance (NI). Apparently Osborne is backing a Bill to change the name of NI to 'earnings tax' on
- NewsAOL
Flood tax: how we'll all pay for the government's mistakes
Flood victims have been thrown a small life-ring by the government after the prime minister said the 6,500 families that were forced to leave their homes would not have to pay council tax while their properties are made liveable. David Cameron
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The new threat to living well in old age
With the state pension age rising most people already think they will have to work until they drop, but there is another creeping factor that is pushing retirement further away. The government has already announced its plan to make us work for
- BusinessAOL
Why I'm unhappy about my rising house price
As a London homeowner I should be happy about house prices moving swiftly upwards, right? Wrong. I'm fortunate enough to own a home in London, not anywhere fancy, in good old Haringey (in an area that estate agents have tried to label
- HealthAOL
Want more state pension? Then stay healthy
We're all living longer, that fact can't be denied, but how well you are going to live in retirement is open to debate. Health life expectancy isn't keeping pace with overall life expectancy and men and women who retire at age 65
- BusinessAOL
Pensions: why inert saving just isn't enough
Accumulation and decumulation are two words in the pensions vocabulary that are guaranteed to make everyone's eyes glaze over. This horrible jargon can be boiled down into more simple language: saving and
