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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 Universal Credit…
Saving money though a Help to Save account could affect your eligibility…
You’ll need to sign in to set up a Help to Save account. If you do not…
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…
Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income or none at all - rates, eligibility and how to claim
You can no longer make a new claim for Income Support. If you’re on a low…
You will continue to get Income Support if all of the following still…
You need to report changes to your circumstances so you keep getting the…
Experimental Statistics on the impact of removing "imputed" transactions from real household disposable income and the saving ratio to better represent the economic experience of UK households.
Types of ISA available, the tax-free ISA allowance, withdrawing money and transferring ISAs.
Use employment related securities (ERS) to reward, retain or give incentives to your employees, including any tax advantages.
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
If Income Tax has been deducted from your savings and investments, get a refund using form R40.
Working out and paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you sell shares, claiming tax relief
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.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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