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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
If your employer offers you company shares, you could get tax advantages,…
If you get shares through a Share Incentive Plan (SIP) and keep them in…
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 in the…
If you work for a company with assets of £30 million or less, it may be…
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…
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.…
Help to Save is open to people receiving benefits including Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit and offers a generous savings bonus.
Find out about tax reliefs available to individuals who invest in certain companies, social enterprises, or Venture Capital Trusts.
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
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.
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.
Today the OTS has published a paper exploring ways of simplifying the taxation of individuals' savings income
HMRC encourages customers to sign up to Help to Save, the government savings scheme, after revealing savers shared £146 million in bonus payments.
Read the Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
Find out about tax avoidance schemes that use remuneration trusts to reduce profits and disguise income.
Income Tax is a tax you pay on your earnings - find out about what it is, how you pay and how to check you're paying the right amount using HMRC's tax calculator.
Guidance for local authorities on how to access the local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges as a result of COVID-19.
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
Work out how much annual allowance you get for your pension savings for 2016 to 2017 and each later tax year.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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