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Get help with savings if you're on a low income (Help to Save) - how it works, what you'll get, eligibility, how it affects your benefits and how to apply online.
Help to Save is a type of savings account. It allows certain people…
You can earn 2 tax-free bonuses over 4 years. You’ll get any bonuses…
You can open a Help to Save account if you’re receiving: Working Tax…
Saving money though a Help to Save account could affect your eligibility…
You need a Government Gateway user ID and password to set up a Help to…
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
Your employer may offer you company shares as a reward for working for…
This gives you the option to regularly save and buy shares. If you get…
This is a savings-related share scheme where you can buy shares with your…
This gives you the option to buy up to £60,000 worth of shares from 6…
A company can offer you Enterprise Management Incentives (EMIs) if it has…
To be an employee shareholder, you must own shares in your employer’s…
You can transfer up to £20,000 of employee shares into a stocks and shares…
The ‘gain’ is the profit you make when you sell shares that have increased…
Types of ISA available, the tax-free ISA allowance, withdrawing money and transferring ISAs
You can save tax-free with Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs). In the 2024…
There are 4 types of Individual Savings Accounts (ISA): cash ISA stocks…
You can get an Individual Savings Account (ISA) from: banks building…
You can take your money out of an Individual Savings Account (ISA) at any…
You can transfer all or part of the savings in your Individual Savings…
If you open an Individual Savings Account (ISA) in the UK then move…
Your ISA will end when either: your executor closes it the administration…
If your spouse or civil partner dies you can inherit their ISA allowance.…
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
Find out about tax on dividend income, selling or disposing of shares and ways you can report your dividends and capital gains.
Find out about tax reliefs available to individuals who invest in certain companies, social enterprises, or Venture Capital Trusts.
Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
Find out about how to register a late Employment Related Securities (ERS) scheme, submit a late Enterprise Management Incentives notification, ERS end of year filing deadline, and updates to the Employee Tax Advantaged Share Scheme User Manual.
Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income or none at all - rates, eligibility and how to claim
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