Sarah Coles

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Advice on steps you can take to start the tax year on the right footing ...
Has the government painted itself into a corner on taxes? ...
Taxes and spending cuts are set to be on the agenda ...
The definitive guide to Capital Gains Tax - what it is and how to (legally) beat it ...
Inflation figures come out on Wednesday - and they're not expected to be good ...
Finance expert Sarah Coles give the bad tax news - and the good ways to cut tax ...
Make 25 dats with finance expert Sarah Coles ...
In 2022/2023, some 369,000 taxpayers paid £14.4 billion in CGT and since then, the annual tax-free capital gains tax allowance has shrunk from £12,300 to £3,000. ...
New government data shows tenants spend 28.8% of their income on the rent – up from 26.6% a year earlier and 25% five years earlier. ...
The average house for a first-time buyer costs £241,502, meaning that the average renter bought one with a 10% deposit and a 4.5% repayment mortgage, their monthly payments would be £1,208. ...
There's speculation that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will use changes to Capital Gains Tax to help fill the hole in the public finances she's identified as being created by the last government – possibly by equalising the rates of income tax and ...
It’s all change at the start of the new tax year, and with so many tweaks to so many rules, it’s easy to lose track of whether you’re set for a happy new tax year – or a somewhat glum ...
The latest index, from the Halifax, shows house prices rose 0.4 per cent in February – the fifth consecutive monthly increase. They’re up 1.7% in a year and this takes the typical home’s value close to the the peak reached ...
Like a parent whose kids expected half term in Disneyland, Jeremy Hunt is spending the week managing expectations – and crushing dreams.  ...
Speculation continues apace over the likely measures in next month’s Budget, especially after what is seen by political analysts as a bruising week for the government. ...
Painful tax traps have been set for millions of people this year. Your pay may not even have kept pace with inflation, but a rise may still have pushed you over a frozen threshold from basic rate to higher rate ...
The capital gains tax allowance will be cut on April 6 from £6,000 to £3,000, so more people will pay CGT. ...
After the Autumn Statement unveiled a major tax cut for January, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ll pay less tax in 2024. However, there’s every chance that, despite the cut, you’ll be paying more, because there are eight sneaky tax ...
Landlords grappling with tax returns have been given some advice - file them sooner, rather than later. ...
The Halifax says house prices were flat in May, but fell 1.0 per cent in a year - the first annual fall recorded by this index since December 2012. ...
The most vulnerable tenants may pay the highest price...
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A tax rise coming in just five weeks’ time will...
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