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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’ll need to sign in to set up a Help to Save account. If you do not…
Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance
A pension is a way to save money for later in your life. You may be able…
You can pay into as many pension schemes as you want. It depends on how…
Workplace pensions and personal or stakeholder pensions are a way of…
The pension you get from the government (‘State Pension’) is based on your…
You might decide that you do not want to stop working when you reach State…
When planning your pension and retirement income you might need help with:…
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
Use employment related securities (ERS) to reward, retain or give incentives to your employees, including any tax advantages.
Work out how much annual allowance you get for your pension savings for 2016 to 2017 and each later tax year.
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Auerbach on 19 December 2024.
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.
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.
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