Flat tax will harm the poor
Flat taxes would be even more unfair to low-income recipients than Heather Long supposes (Briefing, August 15). The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics...
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How to pay more tax than you should
A third of the people getting ready to file their tax returns by the end of September will probably make a mistake. In many cases the mistake may never be discovered and ...
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Credit card users warned
Holidaymakers were warned this week, to beware unscrupulous traders who use a local currency conversion system (at a very unattractive rate) when shoppers buy goods abroa...
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Central banks can thwart the terrorists
One of the ways of thwarting future terrorist attacks will be preventing flows of their funds around the world. This often begins with the £53bn "industry" of remit...
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Redundancy
Redundancy arises where an employee is dismissed because the employer no longer needs the full quota of staff. To qualify for a redundancy payment you must usually have w...
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Pru chief keeps Egg options under wraps
Mark Tucker, the new chief executive of Prudential, is to keep the City guessing on his strategic plan for the insurer until October when he is expected to outline the fu...
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Leeds finally settle with creditors
Administrators acting for Leeds United plc yesterday added a full stop to the most spectacular financial collapse in the history of English football as they settled with ...
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Balance transfers boost Egg
Internet bank Egg said today that it had moved into the black in the first half of 2005, with profits driven by strong performance in its UK credit card business.
Egg sa...
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What's the big ID?
The government's ID cards system has been hailed by ministers as the answer to terrorism, benefit fraud and ID theft. At an estimated running cost over the first 10 years...
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Seeing red over debt collection
Q Last year I agreed a payment schedule with AIC, a debt collection agency, that involved me paying £50 each month by direct debit. The agent in charge of my case ad...
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