Pensions Advice, Retirement Planning - Investment Financial Adviser Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland UK

Posted by William on March 28th, 2008 in Pension Advice

Sorry guv,

what’s that I hear you say?

What do you mean - you don’t know what Marginal Deduction Rates are?

Don’t worry, there’s a whole swathe of fine upstanding UK citizenry who feel lost in a fog of rising gloom when asked the same thing. However, if you plan on retiring at some point then let’s try to clarify this aspect surrounding the new auto-enrollment Personal Accounts which will soon be a feature of modern retirement here in the UK, like it or no.

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Posted by William on March 13th, 2008 in Investment Advice

After analysing the response of the stock market to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s first budget yesterday - keeping a level head and steady financial nerve is at the very least wise advice indeed. Alistair Darling’s body language is leaking a message which is unsettling folks everywhere it appears.

After the budget fearful investors seem to be responding negatively to his assurances that the UK economy is still robust enough to weather the deepening credit storm racing at us from across the Atlantic. High spring tides have been pounding British homes with blistering storms in the last few days and March certainly has come in like a lion. Many feel the markets are reflecting similarly severe financial ‘weather warnings’ here in the UK for the rest of the year.

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Posted by William on March 3rd, 2008 in UK Financial Advice

Hi everyone,

just a quick post but an important one. I’ve just put up a page exposing some crucial new Tax crackdowns now underway by the Inland Revenue. These are especially important if you own Buy to Let Property or have given or received any gifts within your family - Inheritance Tax is looming large indeed due to a recent new HMRC Tax offensive.

Oh, yes and if you’ve not decided on full offshore disclosure yet, well in light of what’s just happened in Lichtenstein with the German Spy incident there, then you would be wise to because the UK Tax authorities have just followed suit and bought the stolen records the Germans acquired too. Read about it at… Buy To Let and Inheritance Tax Blitz

See you next time, with hopefully some cheerier news!