A short explanation of Inheritance Tax and how to plan for it in your tax planning.
General
This section contains miscellaneous & general financial information that you may find useful when dealing with certain life events.
This document contains a short explanation of Capital Gains Tax, the allowances available in the 2025/26 tax year, and how you can use it in your year end tax planning.
Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, allow couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as marriage. Initially the Act permitted only same-sex couples to form civil partnerships. This was altered to include opposite-sex couples in 2019. Though from March 2014 full same-sex marriage was legalised in England, Scotland and Wales, civil partnership remains available. Designed to be very much equivalent to marriage for same sex couples, a civil partnership carries both rights and responsibilities, in very broad terms, attracting the same legal and tax protections/advantages/disadvantages as a traditional marriage. This article explains further.
UK News
The Bank of England governor warns "we're not out of the woods yet" in terms of rising inflation.
The UK government hopes the investment will create more than 7,600 "high-quality jobs".
The two American chipmakers will partner to make personal computer and data centre chips, in a lifeline for Intel as it struggles to profit from the AI boom.
The warning from the clothing chain comes as it reported a 13.8% rise in pre-tax profits.
West Midlands and Merseyside MPs have called for supply chain help after the JLR cyber attack.