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Action Fraud is urging people to look out for rogue QR codes, after 784 reports of ‘quishing’ were made to Action Fraud between April 2024 and April 2025, with almost £3.5 million lost. A new alert has been issued by Action Fraud, warning about quishing, a form of phishing whereby a fraudulent QR code is […]
With continuing intense pressure on Government finances, the October 2024 Budget confirmed that the overall tax burden in the UK will remain at an historically high level for years to come, with higher earners continuing to shoulder most of the burden. Higher and additional rate taxpayers currently pay over two thirds of all income tax. […]
There were no tax increases in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement (upgraded from an initial Spring Forecast), but that might just be pain deferred. Before becoming Chancellor, Rachel Reeves set out a new goal for the public finances, now badged the ‘Stability Rule’. In simple terms, this requires that the Government should at least match its […]
The Office for National Statistics has taken a fresh look at our mortality. Roughly every two years, stories in the media tell us how many children will live to the age of 100. The latest projections are that 11.5% of boys and 17.9% of girls born in 2023 will become centenarians. The prompt for these […]
The House of Commons Treasury Committee has been pondering the future of Lifetime ISAs (LISAs). The Lifetime ISA (LISA) is arguably a good example of brand overstretch. When ISAs were first launched in 1999, there were only two varieties, and they replaced two existing tax-favoured savings plans – PEPs (personal equity plans) and TESSAs […]
The Government is showing no signs of changing its plans to levy inheritance tax (IHT) on pensions. Sometimes what creates the most noise (in the wake of a Budget) is not what will hurt the taxpaying population most in the future. A perfect example from last October’s Budget is the set of measures aimed at […]