HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will gain new powers to prosecute people it suspects are failing to pay what’s due from the end of this month. As if the January 31 deadline to file self-assessment tax returns were not daunting enough, McGrigors, the specialist tax investigations legal firm, claim that HMRC will take a tough [...]
A depressingly familiar story of denial from the eurozone
Mein Gott! Time to jump from the nearest bridge. The first euro summit of the new year is already in the diary – next Monday in Berlin between Merkel and Sarkozy. Click on the video to see the preview. Meanwhile, there’s still no sign of a let up in Germany’s hardline opposition to European Central [...]
Falling house prices fail to prevent first time buyer numbers from slumping to all-time low
Falling house prices failed to prevent first time buyer numbers slumping to an all-time low in 2011, despite home ownership becoming more affordable than it has been for eight years, according to Britain’s biggest mortgage provider. Fewer than four years’ average earnings are now needed to buy the typical first time buyer property in 44pc [...]
Several Pieces Of Information You Ought To Be Aware Of When It Comes To Getting Out From Under Credit Card Debt
Several Facts One Ought To Know When It Comes To Getting Out Of Debt If you’re looking for ways to how to get rid of credit card debt, you’ve come to the right place. Here are some great tips to get you started. First of all, it might be on the cards to negotiate a [...]
Business Photos from Google
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What I Learned From Debt Advice
Numerous folks these days are told when they are in debt to go and speak to a debt support charity. Individuals are usually told debt assistance charities are the greatest option due to the fact they do not charge the client for guidance. For profit debt guidance companies typically charge the client for guidance in [...]
Foreign sportsmen big winners from Finance Bill as more British families must pay IHT
Millionaire foreign footballers will be among the biggest winners from the Finance Bill which proposes to exempt their worldwide earnings from UK taxes but more British families will have to pay inheritance tax (IHT). Other changes include removing references to “idiots, lunatics and insane persons” from the fiscal statutes and allowing people with small pensions [...]
Zilch again from Merkozy
No fiscal union, no Eurobonds, no ECB as lender of last resort – yet. Just the usual blather and a revamped Stability Pact (Fiskalunion). Yawn. Merkel seems to have backed off on demands that budget breaches will be justiciable before the European Court, so the Treaty chatter is mostly Quatsch, bêtises, and eyewash. This Merkel [...]
Till debt do us part: Kofinas LIVE from rioting revolting Athens
The Greek government has voted in favour of a new round of austerity cuts – securing the next multi-billion instalement of cash from the EU and staving off a default. But furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote, with battles between police and demonstrators continuing just meters from Parliament. Scenes from downtown Athens resemble [...]
Investors should follow the Munster family to profit from the credit crisis
Investors should be like the Munster family. Just as the latter only went to the beach when it was raining, the former can take perverse pleasure in more bad news about the economy – such as the official announcement that Britain has entered a second credit crisis. Why? Because stock markets are in business to [...]