All news on the topic: Tax

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Council tax bills soar from today - search for your town on our calculator
Council tax will soar by up to 5% for the majority of people in England on April 1 - in a fresh squeeze on family finances. Use our calculator to see how your bills will be affected this year
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7 things every Brit must check in next 5 days - from your savings to pension
Unlike the traditional calendar year, the tax year doesn’t run from January to December - instead, it always starts on April 6 and ends on April 5 the following year
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Keir Starmer brands Rishi Sunak 'Mr 1%' as he blasts pension tax breaks for rich
The Labour leader made the savage comment about the PM at a local elections campaign launch in Swindon, where he criticised the Chancellor’s decision to scrap the top limit on tax-free pensions savings in his Budget
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Fears one of world's richest people secretly died as $7BN tax drops in one day
The US Treasury Department said the tax payer would be in the top 100 of the world’s wealthiest people, above the likes of British billionaire James Ratcliffe, who is attempting to buy Manchester United
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Labour vows to freeze council tax bills - days before Brits hit with huge hike
As households face a big hike in bills on Saturday, Labour leader Keir Starmer will say he would use a windfall tax on oil and gas giants to stop them rising this year if he was in power
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Keir Starmer mounts bid to block Rishi Sunak's tax giveaway to millionaires
Labour's amendment says the move "will cost around £1 billion a year and benefit only those with the biggest pension pots"
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'I'm a money expert - here's five things to do before the end of the tax year'
Tax year end is just days away, on April 5 - and Brits should make the most of their hard-earned cash through Lifetime ISAs, and checking their pension contributions
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Gary Lineker wins tax battle against HMRC after being pursued for £4.9m
The Match of the Day host was wrongly accused of underpaying £4.9m in income tax relating to his work for BBC and BT Sport
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Urgent warning to families as household bills to soar by up to £700 from April
From April 1 - dubbed April Cruel Day - Brits will pay more for council tax, water, car tax, phones, prescriptions and stamps and it could hit outgoings by up to £700 per household
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DWP confirms exact date when £301 cost of living payment will hit bank accounts
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced the £301 will be sent to eligible households between April 25 and May 17, with the qualifying window also confirmed
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'Rishi Sunak's taxes show the Tories have learned nothing - it's austerity 2.0'
The Tories are telling you to tighten your belts, while stripping the state of its assets. Fleet Street Fox has the receipts
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Council tax bills set to rise above £2,000 for first time- search your postcode
Households in England will see their bills rise on April 1 as most cash-strapped local authorities announce plans to hike council tax to the maximum level to plug black holes in their finances
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Martin Lewis fan explains how they got back £2,585 after common tax code error
Martin Lewis has issued this advice frequently over the last few years and one fan wrote in to tell the money show team that he had managed to cash in after acting on one of Martin's previous warnings
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'Rishi Sunak may have published some Tax info but he hasn't told us everything'
Prime Minister has not published his tax returns, he published a summary of his tax returns instead - and that really was not good enough
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Keir Starmer publishes tax details showing income of over £210,000 last year
In Mr Starmer's role as leader of the Labour Party and MP he earned £126,154 in 2021/22 alongside capital gains of £85,466, a summary document showed. In total his tax bill was £67,033.
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Rishi Sunak swerves questions on tax reform after publishing vast income details
Due to capital gains being charged at a lower rate than income tax, the Tory leader paid an effective tax rate of just 22% on all his income - almost equivalent to a nurse on £36k
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Sunak finally publishes tax return - sneaking it out during Partygate hearing
The multi-millioniare Tory leader first pledged to publish his tax return during his failed leadership campaign against Liz Truss in the summer of 2022 - and again after becoming PM.
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Council sends letter to man telling him he is dead and can get a tax exemption
Stuart Dobson, 77, received a letter from South Norfolk Council saying it was "sorry to hear" he had died and explained how he could get a tax exemption
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Ministers expected to raise state pension age weeks after tax handout to richest
Longstanding MPs and Ministers - including Jeremy Hunt - stand to benefit from the Chancellor's huge handout to the richest, while the low paid are expected to have to work for longer before claiming a state pension
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Police officer who murdered George Floyd admits hiding money to avoid paying tax
Former police officer Derek Chauvin, the convicted killer of George Floyd, has pleaded guilty to tax evasion whilst spending time in a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona
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Man can't afford £12.50 charge to visit grandchild, 6, 'living on borrowed time'
Iain Buers, 55, says he won't be able to afford to visit six-year-old seriously ill granddaughter Charlotte in hospital when the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanded in August
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Millions of workers to pay more in tax after 'stealth raid' confirmed in Budget
The freezing of tax brackets is known as fiscal drag, which is where the income level at which taxes are collected does not increase in line with inflation or income growth
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Car tax to rise from April in bad news for drivers - how much more you will pay
Vehicle Excise Duty (also known as car tax) will increase in line with Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation of 10.1% from April 1 - it means drivers will pay more to keep their cars on the road
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Holidays could cost an extra £30 as flight taxes set to be hiked up
The impact of an in-line-with-inflation rise in Air Passenger Duty announced during Jeremy Hunt's budget will be felt most by those who can afford to fly long-haul to far away destinations
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Tax break for UK airlines leads to spike in heavily polluting domestic flights
A cut in Air Passenger Duty from April 1 will lead to a big rise in warming emissions from domestic aviation, the Government's figures and Mirror analysis shows