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Latest Kennedy Black Wealth Management Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Posted on February 22, 2011

in CGT, Investments, News, Pensions, Tax

Please see below a link to February 2011's Quarterly Private Client Newsletter from Kennedy Black Wealth Management. In this edition, we focus on some year end tax planning topics such as ISAs and Capital Gains Tax planning. The first article outlines how stocks and shares ISAs are almost as tax efficient as pensions - and since we all should recognise the tax benefits of pensions, perhaps...

Latest Kennedy Black Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Posted on August 11, 2010

in Investments, News, Pensions, Tax

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Please see below a link to the August edition of our Quarterly Private Client Newsletter. Now that the Budgets are out of the way, I've decided to shift from focusing on tax changes to focusing on some investment-based topics. I have tried to contribute to the active versus passive investment debate, and have included some rules of thumb when it comes to saving towards your...

Coalition Budget: “The Emergency Budget” – initial reaction

Posted on June 22, 2010

in CGT, Miscellaneous, News, Pensions, Tax

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As you may have just seen, the new Coalition government has just announced its "emergency" Budget, including a large array of spending cuts and some not insignificant tax rises, with the goal of reducing the UK's budget deficit. Below is my initial reaction to the main anouncements, although as usual the devil is in the detail so there may be further conclusions to draw once...

Latest Kennedy Black Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Posted on May 11, 2010

in Investments, News, Pensions, Tax

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We are pleased to publish the latest edition of our Quarterly Private Client Newsletter. We continue one of the themes of the last edition (available below), namely the tax changes coming in for high earners. Furthermore, there's a bit more in relation to investments with a focus on Structured Products as well as a quick introduction to Self-Invested Personal Pensions ("SIPPs"). We also continue the...

Inheritance Tax: an optional tax?

Posted on May 10, 2010

in Inheritance Tax, News, Pensions, Protection, Tax

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As seen on FT.com The Tories came under serious fire from Gordon Brown in the final televised debate over their plans to raise the Inheritance Tax threshold to £1 million per person. On the one hand, IHT is among the most unpopular taxes – perceived as one final opportunity for the government to get its hands on our already-taxed wealth – but on the other hand it...

Reaction to Budget 2010

Posted on March 24, 2010

in CGT, Inheritance Tax, Investments, Mortgages, News, Pensions, Tax

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Alastair Darling today announced his last Budget before the next general election. As a result, it was expected to be high on political rhetoric - and it didn't disappoint. However, at the same time it was low on new measures - which was rather disappointing. The key points for our Private Clients are outlined below, with some of our initial thoughts. Overall, the main winners were first-time...

Kennedy Black launches Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Posted on February 2, 2010

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As part of our ongoing commitment to our clients, Kennedy Black has launched a Quarterly Private Client Newsletter which will cover a whole range of topical personal finance stories. This month, we start by focusing on the numerous and important changes that will occur at the end of this tax year, and the actions that need to be taken. We also start a series of...

Recent pension changes for high earners

Posted on January 14, 2010

in News, Pensions, Tax

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New income tax and pension rules introduced in the 2009 Budget will affect anyone earning over £100,000 – and I cannot stress urgently enough that people in this bracket should be seeking professional advice before the end of the 2009/10 tax year in April 2010. In short, anyone earning over £150,000 a year will pay 50% income tax from 2010/11. Furthermore, the removal of higher rate...

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