“While Jeremy Corbyn spoke for the many, Theresa May was promising businesses low corporation taxes”

Sep 28, 2018 | Tax

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

The flip-side of New/Old/Whatever Labour is their belief that business is the root of all evil and should be taxed accordingly. Couple that with greedy landlords and local authorities desperate to raise cash by any means and you’ve a recipe for empty shops in a high street near you, which, of course, all will bemoan. Is that better or worse than a No Deal Brexit? Move that Rock out the way so I can get to the Hard Place.

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“Record year for annuity sales driven by advisers”

“Record year for annuity sales driven by advisers”

I was asked this week whether annuities are now ‘a good investment’. They’ve been recommended very rarely in recent years, since ‘pension freedoms’ allowed pretty much unlimited drawdown on pension funds and anything left to be passed on to beneficiaries free of Inheritance Tax.