Gordon Brown’s government has announced the it is ax’ing the stamp duty on properties less than 175,000 gbp in hope of reviving the property market. London estate agent, Winkworths, wonders if this will have any effect in London or mostly be a boost in the provincial market. Read all about it here.
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RICS are urging the Government to overhaul the stamp duty land tax to create a much fairer system for consumers, and they’re not just asking politely either. RICS have outlined an entire proposal that would benefit 99% of home buyers should it come into effect.
RICS proposes the abolition of the existing slab tax system, and [...]
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…and you can probably add ‘Big Brother being crap but watching it anyway’ to that list too.
But what if you could avoid tax?
My intellectual background is in Economics, and one of my favourite economists, John Maynard Keynes, once said “The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.” And he’s probably [...]
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