Expats face tax bill trap down under
Around 300,000 Britons who have emigrated to Australia over the past 10 years have been trapped into tax bills as high as £250,000 each because UK financial advisers...
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What is a tax credit?
The Chancellor loves them, and invents new ones every year. They turn up in your pay packets, and are often quite valuable. They are becoming a key part of the welfare st...
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Income protection insurance
Income protection insurance, also known as long-term disability insurance or permanent health insurance (PHI), pays a monthly amount if you are unable to work because of ...
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Co-op chief buyer said ?1m was a loan not a bribe, court told
The former chief buyer for the Co-operative Wholesale Society, who is accused of accepting a £1m bribe to influence a food supply agreement, told serious fraud offic...
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Regan plotted cover-up of Co-op bribes, jury told
Andrew Regan, the former chief executive of food manufacturer Hobson, masterminded an elaborate cover-up of bribes which he arranged to be paid to secure a lucrative deal...
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Bonuses push six finance directors' salaries past ?1m
Huge annual bonuses propelled six finance directors of FTSE 100 companies into the £1m a year bracket last year, according to a new survey.
It found that Ken Hydon...
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Paying by mobile reaches the UK
Rather than handing over a credit card at the end of their meal, diners at the fashionable west London restaurant Circus can now pick up the bill by giving the waiter the...
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Banks who fail the form guide
As the perpetually frustrated Victor Meldrew would say: "I don't believe it!". The big high street banks are routinely giving out false information about how to claim bac...
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HP sores
The government's private finance initiative (PFI) is in several sorts of trouble. Increasingly colleges will rely less on PFI, and more on schemes that give them some con...
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Swissair jets take off to escape creditors
Swissair faced the ignominy of watching at least four of its aircraft fly to south west France over the weekend in an attempt to stop the planes being seized by creditors...
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