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.
General
This section contains miscellaneous & general financial information that you may find useful when dealing with certain life events.
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.
A short explanation of Inheritance Tax and how to plan for it in your tax planning.
UK News
Experts have warned that if oil and gas prices remains elevated it could make goods and services more expensive.
The interest rate set by the Bank of England affects mortgage, loan and savings rates for millions.
If oil prices remain high for some time, the knock-on effects could affect the costs of fuel and food
The billionaire is accused of misleading investors in the run-up to his 2022 Twitter purchase.
Scott Bessent says that "likely sometime this week" the US will increase its global tariff on imports from the existing 10%.