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Emergency Fund
An emergency fund is very important as it is a pot of money to fall back on should you either find that your income reduces, such as losing your job, or if you have to pay for something unexpected, such as having to replace your boiler. A good rule of thumb for the...
What is Critical Illness Cover?
Critical Illness Cover can help minimise the financial impact on you and your family if you were to become critically ill. It’s an option that can be added for an extra cost when you take out Life Cover, or can be taken out on its own. Critical Illness Cover can pay...
What is Family Income Benefit?
If you pass away, Family Income Benefit pays out a regular tax-free monthly income to your loved ones, to replace the loss of your income and help relieve the stresses to your family of paying the bills. Family Income Benefit cover works on a term basis. This means...
What is Inheritance Tax?
Inheritance Tax is a tax on the estate (the property, money and possessions) of someone who’s died.
What is Business Property Relief?
When first introduced, the main aim was to ensure that after the death of the owner, a family business could survive, without having to be sold or broken up to pay an inheritance tax liability. Since then, Business Property Relief has been varied to also encourage people to invest in businesses, regardless of whether they run the business themselves.
What is the Residence Nil-Rate Band?
The residence nil-rate band is in addition to the standard nil-rate band, which is £325,000. The residence nil-rate band is £175,000.
The value of pensions and investments can fall as well as rise, you may get back less than you invested.
Tax treatment varies according to individual circumstance and is subject to change.
Business Property Relief Schemes (BPR) invest in assets that are high risk and can be difficult to sell, such as shares in unlisted companies. The value of the investment and the income from it can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back what they originally invested, even taking into account the tax benefits.
For ISA’s Investors do not pay any personal tax on income or gains, but ISAs may pay unrecoverable tax on income from stocks and shares received by the ISA managers.
Stocks and Shares ISAs invest in Corporate bonds; stocks and shares and other assets that fluctuate in value.
Inheritance Tax planning is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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