For richer not poorer
At a time when the total tax burden on households in the lowest fifth of incomes is 42%, but on the highest fifth it is only 34%, I want lower taxes on lower incomes and ...
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Crying all the way to the bank
Given the fierce competition for your custom in the banking world, there is no reason at all for you to endure shoddy service from banks and building societies.
If you a...
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Cheapside
What a clever prof!
Pure altruism prompted tax firm KPMG to spend tens of thousands of pounds sponsoring the professor of taxation law at Oxford University. That same pr...
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IBM 'paid Revenue ?700m over tax evasion
IBM paid the Inland Revenue an estimated £700 million to settle claims of tax evasion in 2001, says a disaffected former employee of the US computer giant.
If the ...
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We don't like ATM charges
This week's raised eyebrows are directed at Halifax for increasing the interest rate on credit card ATM transactions when they were already high.
The interest charged on...
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Commerzbank chief faces investor fury despite pay cut
Germany's third biggest quoted banking group Commerzbank yesterday became the latest of the country's blue chip corporations to lift the lid on executive pay.
But even ...
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Credit rated
If you're heading off on holiday this summer you should be protected against disasters such as injury, illness or sub-standard accommodation as long as you buy a package ...
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Wife's illness hit travel cover
I organised a joint travel insurance policy for myself and my wife with Direct Line, telling them about her breast cancer. They sent her confirmation showing that this co...
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Road tolls could end vehicle tax
Road tax could be scrapped in favour of a 'pay-as-you-go' system of tolls under Government plans to tackle gridlock.
Alistair Darling, the Transport Secretary, is warmi...
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Out of the frying pan and into NPI's fire
Beleaguered investors in NPI can now claim a dubious distinction. The firm's with-profits bonds, sold by IFAs, top the life insurance industry's new league of shame. NPI,...
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