Investing & Markets

Make better decisions with investing tips, technical analysis, market commentary, and more

Personal Finance

Make more, save more, spend smarter, and keep more of what you earn

Business News

Stock market news & analysis

Home » Archive by Category

Articles in Personal Finance

No ‘reasonable excuse’ for this waste of pubic funds
04/05/2010 – 3:40 am PDT | Comments Off

A recent Tribunal case will reinforce the view of many people that HMRC are continuing to take an unfairly hard line with compliant taxpayers. The cost and time and effort involved in this case (TC00425: …

Finance Bill 2010 proves Parliament doesn’t decide our tax laws
04/02/2010 – 3:50 am PDT | Comments Off

Publishing the Finance Bill 2010 on 1 April was always going to look like a bad joke. Even more so if Parliament is about to be dissolved for a General Election.
Commentators, eg: the ICAEW Tax …

Tax related April fool stories 2010
04/02/2010 – 1:30 am PDT | Comments Off

I wasn’t the only one.Yesterday I posted: New HMRC penalties for anyone responding to scam emails. I’ve added a note below of some of the best responses I received. My apologies to anyone who was …

New HMRC penalties for anyone responding to scam emails
04/01/2010 – 2:00 am PDT | Comments Off

Regular readers will know that I always try to share insights into topical tax related news stories. Today, I need to share with you details of a secret (until now) plan that HMRC …

Are TIPS a Good Hedge Against Inflation
03/29/2010 – 12:50 pm PDT | Comments Off

Source: FRB of Boston
TIPS Scorecard: Are TIPS Accomplishing What They Were Supposed to Accomplish? Can They Be Improved?
Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-8 by Michelle L. Barnes, Zvi Bodie, Robert K. …

"Raise the white flag" - Are tax schemes worth the effort any more?
03/29/2010 – 2:30 am PDT | Comments Off

I believe the sentiment of this week’s Accountancy Age Comment piece deserves a wider audience. It was penned by Lynton Stock, of accountants Shelley Stock Hutter. They were Accountancy Age medium sized firm of …

Which Budget proposals will make it into the Finance Bill?
03/29/2010 – 12:05 am PDT | Comments Off

After the Budget announcements, everyone poured over the related Budget Notes which give a better indication of what will appear in the Finance Bill. And all Budget commentaries faithfully reported such additional …

Which Budget proposals will make it into the Finance Bill
03/29/2010 – 12:00 am PDT | Comments Off

After the Budget announcements, everyone poured over the related Budget Notes which give a better indication of what will appear in the Finance Bill. And all Budget commentaries faithfully reported such additional …

KFF Summary of Health Reform Law
03/27/2010 – 6:50 am PDT | Comments Off

The Kaiser Family Foundation has provided a nice summary of the changes brought about by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
This interactive side-by-side provides detailed, up-to-date summaries of the new health reform law, the …

It was a Giveaway Budget for Getaway MPs
03/24/2010 – 11:50 am PDT | Comments Off

Little attention has so far been focused on the main beneficiaries of the pre-election Budget. I’ve identified 8 measures that will evidently help MPs who lose their seats, as many are bound to do …