Brussels backs windfall tax on big firms to ease pain from energy crisis – POLITICO
This wouldn’t be the first time that EU capitals have raided the profits of energy companies to ease…
Pensioners to be slapped by tax withdrawal charges by HMRC in latest crackdown
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has warned workers accessing private pension savings or using complex pay arrangements to…
Rachel Reeves’s pensions inheritance tax raids force savers to withdraw £2.3billion from retirement funds
Savers withdrew £2.3billion from their pension pots at the earliest opportunity last year amid growing concern over changes…
Five EU ministers call for new windfall tax on energy profits amid price surge
Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria have asked the EU for energy companies to help alleviate the burden…
Your retirement nest egg could turn into a ‘tax bomb’ — here’s why large savings can trigger significant IRS bills
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Four ways to help the HENRYs
Thursday 26 March 2026 5:15 am | Updated: Tuesday 24 March 2026 1:41 pm Meet Henry – a high…
PRSA reckoning: How did a two-year pension loophole impact tax coffers?
The “potential for abuse”, a severing of an all-important “link between salary and pension”, and a…
Division 296 earnings: What’s getting counted?
Meg Heffron, director of Heffron Consulting, said one of these is the carve-out treatment of non-arm’s length income.…
Inheritance tax bill hits millions of Britons as HMRC rakes in £7.7bn from families
Inheritance tax (IHT) continues to be a significant revenue generator for HM Treasury with HM Revenue and Customs…
Inheritance tax hack could boost YOUR family’s savings by £112,000: ‘Substantial pot!’
Fresh analysis from Fidelity International reveals how grandparents can strategically merge inheritance tax (IHT) gifting rules with Junior…
Germany’s infrastructure borrowing binge is being wasted, reports say – POLITICO
“We have found that policymakers have used almost all of the debt-financed funds for other purposes, namely, to…
My wife puts half her salary in her pension, how much tax relief has she used?
In our weekly series, readers can email in with any question about retirement and pension savings to be answered by…