BUDGET 2010 Budget Day has been confirmed as 24 March.   

So at long last we have a Budget Day -Wednesday 24 March. As with the timing of general elections, governments [...]
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2010/11 starts with the freezing of the nil rate band at £325k. Tories promise an increase to £1m – but by when?  

Much of the current tax concerns and tax [...]
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The Bank of England Base Rate has now spent a year at just 0.5%.  

On 5 March 2009, the Bank of England cut its base rate to 0.5%, bringing to [...]
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March is a key month in which to consider tax planning to maximise the use of an individual’s allowances, reliefs, exemptions etc for the current tax year.  Some of these [...]
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The special additional cover given to Northern Rock depositors is being withdrawn.

When Northern Rock became Northern Wreck in September 2007, the Treasury issued a statement saying that it would guarantee [...]
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