Junior ISA - a new way to save for children’s futures
There’s a common myth that children don’t pay tax – that’s simply not true. In fact, they’re taxed in exactly the same way as adults; which means that in the tax year 2012/12 each child can earn up to £7,475 tax free from earnings, savings or investments.
Homes and mortgages
Grand designs on building your own home? It needn't cost the earth
To many people not involved in the property industry the thought of building your own house is daunting. Tax advice
Chancellor’s tax problem that we’re all likely to inherit
I apologise for talking about a rather morbid subject at this festive time of year but I couldn’t help but notice that one of the more significant features of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement had gone virtually unreported.
With the New Year upon us, this is the time that many people put their New Year’s resolutions in place. 
With the holiday season well behind us and the month of January stretching out in front my mind turns to the impending end of the filing season for tax year 2010/11 (the year ended April 5 2011) on January 31. 
Two enterprising Carlisle students are clinching lucrative national contracts after setting up their own events management company. 
Extending your home or converting a loft can be a cost effective way to considerably improve it, increase its value and avoid the disruption and costs from moving. So where do you start? 
