A million savers urged to register now to pay no tax on savings interest under new rules

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th March 2015 14:34.

A million savers need to register to pay no tax on their savings interest when changes to the tax system come in next...

Tax man errors mean 3.5 million employees will have to pay money back

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 20th June 2014 14:34.

*Estimated number of errors in the tax system is on the rise despite the new 'more accurate' £273m system* More than five million workers...

Jobcentres assess claimants 'haphazardly', say MPs

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 29th January 2014 10:02.

*Jobcentres are investigating benefit claimants' needs in a "haphazard" way, missing crucial information about barriers to work, MPs have said....

Taxman urges parents to sign away Child Benefit

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 20th September 2012 17:53.

*The taxman will be sending out letters this Autumn asking people to sign away their child benefit or have it clawed back through the tax system. ......

TaxAid is a charity that helps people on low incomes with their tax affairs. TaxAid helps people on low incomes to understand the bits of the tax system that apply to them (safely ignoring the confusing 98% that don’t), pay only the right amount of tax and help them resolve crises when things...

Big changes to tax system planned

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th November 2011 17:35.

Every taxpayer may be given online access to their tax records, the government has suggested. The idea is part of a public consultation on making the...

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Bar Stool Economics

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we currently pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay...