Pensions lifetime allowance devaluation continues
The Budget announced a five-year freeze to the standard lifetime allowance. The standard lifetime allowance (SLA) is an important...
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Mar 22, 20212 min read
The spring 2021 Budget
A quiet turning of the tax screw. Just before the Budget arrived on 3 March, it seemed as if the Chancellor would have nothing to say...
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Ancojada Group
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Opportunity Knocks in for Buy to Let Investment
Building a buy to let investment portfolio can be challenging no matter what your experience. We work with our partners to identify...
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Ancojada Group
Mar 15, 20211 min read
Budget 2021 - What does the extended Stamp Duty Holiday mean for you as an investor?
As you know, last summer the Government temporarily increased the amount at which stamp duty is paid to £500,000, up until 31st March...
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Ancojada Group
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Prepare for the new tax year
Taking some time to start planning for 2021/22 now can be worthwhile. While there is often a focus on planning for the end of the tax...
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Ancojada Group
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Four financial lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
As the pandemic enters its second year, what have we learned? The World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic on 11 March...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 26, 20212 min read
First-time buyer deposits rise after Covid-19 property boom
The average deposit paid by first-time homebuyers jumped by £10,000 in 2020. When the pandemic took hold in the first half of last year,...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 25, 20212 min read
Taxing wealth – a viable option?
An independent body of tax experts has set out the framework for a one-off wealth tax. Will the Chancellor be tempted? “[W]e have a...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 23, 20212 min read
3 Key Predictions for the Housing Market for 2021
The first point to make here is that the housing market, generally, will perform well this year despite the ongoing Coronavirus...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Interest rates double since March 2020
No, the headline is not wrong... Interest rates matter. At the personal finance end of the spectrum, they determine what you earn from...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 18, 20212 min read
The triple lock marches on…
The main state pensions will rise by 2.5% in April. The absence of an autumn Budget in 2020 meant that there was no formal announcement...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 17, 20213 min read
Just how helpful is "Help to Buy"?
The scheme can, in the right circumstances, be very helpful to First Time Buyers, but be sure you understand what you are getting in to....
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Ancojada Group
Feb 16, 20213 min read
Are we sleep walking into retirement?
If someone offered you £10,000 to drive your car down the motorway blindfolded, would you do it? By Mark Insley, Managing Director -...
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Ancojada Group
Feb 15, 20213 min read
The tax year end approaches as filing deadline eased
2020/21 is drawing to a close, with a Budget now slated for early March. Ahead of that, HMRC is easing some of its traditional deadlines...
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Ancojada Group
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Why Should You Make A Will?
There are many different reasons that prompt people to make their Last Will & Testament. Which of them applies to you? Firstly, Let's...
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Ancojada Group
Jan 30, 20212 min read
Not the Autumn Budget or the Autumn Statement
The Chancellor’s November ‘Financial Statement’ revealed more spending and more government borrowing, but no mention of tax rises. The UK...
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Ancojada Group
Jan 30, 20212 min read
When I’m 66 – State Pension Age’s latest milestone
The latest phasing of State Pension Age (SPA) increase is now finished. On 6 October 2020, the SPA reached 66. Unless current legislation...
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Ancojada Group
Jan 30, 20212 min read
Continuing challenges in the search for income
Deposit rates are continuing to fall. On 24 November, the interest rate cuts that National Savings & Investments (NS&I) announced back in...
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Ancojada Group
Jan 30, 20215 min read
Make it a Happy & Healthy New Year
Approach 2021 with renewed sense of optimism & resolve As we enter 2021, I doubt that any of us have ever been more sincere in our wishes...
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Ancojada Group
Jan 30, 20212 min read
Company cars – rolling downhill?
New HMRC data show the popularity of this traditional perk could be waning. There was a time when the company car was the fringe benefit...
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