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• Hammonds dodgy dossier on inheritance tax

  
  Next Left — Authority: 579
  Fabian Research Director Tim Horton s proposal that the inheritance tax thresholds should be frozen was adopted by the government in Novembers pre-budget report. He has letters in The Guardian and (why only preach to the converted) The Telegraph pointing to just one of the glaringly obvious flaws in Phillip ...
  5 days ago

• Hey, rich people: Drop dead. And I do mean now.

  
  Grossblogger — Authority: 424
  Oh, Donald... (Image via Wikipedia) No, seriously.  If you’re possessed of a fortune and of a certain age, you really should think about the advantages of kicking off in the next twelve months. It is now 2010. (You probably heard.) Due to an absurd fluke in the tax laws, this year will provide your best ...
  5 days ago

• Letters: Cameron and the political legacy of class

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The major unanswered question about New Labour and the third way is in whose interest they intended to govern. There can be no such doubt about David Camerons Conservatives. Their inheritance tax policy makes it clear they have the interests of the rich and privileged at heart ( Letters , 30 December). The Tories ...
  1 week ago

• What is Inheritance Tax

  
  Finance Guide — Authority: 99
  Inheritance tax is a tax levied on the assets inherited by one person from another following the death of the original owner. Normally, it only applies when assets inherited are fairly substantial in value so that most people will never have to worry about inheritance tax. In cases where assets other than money are ...
  1 week ago

• Happy New Year, Geezers. Please Die Soon.

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 477
  The  Wall Street Journal reports today on a temporary suspension of the estate tax (what conservatives call the “death tax”), which will go into effect on January 1, 2010.  The lapse dates back to the bundle of tax cuts passed under the Bush Administration in 2001: Congress raised estate-tax ...
  1 week ago

• Inheritance tax for the many or the few?

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  As a former Treasury economist who dealt with inheritance tax in the early 2000s, the Conservatives report on its likely incidence ( Tories claim 4m face inheritance tax averaging £60,000 , 29 December), and the Treasury s unofficial response, shows how little has changed. The discrepancy between the Tory claim that ...
  1 week ago

• Inheritance tax penalises aspiration

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 952
  Telegraph View The Conservatives are right to take a robust line inheritance tax - they should do the same with the 50p top rate of income tax
  1 week ago

• Conservatives claim 4 million face inheritance tax averaging £60,000

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  The Tories turn the tables on Labour today over the highly contentious area of inheritance tax by claiming that more than 4 million people in Britain now face an average liability of £60,000. Labour has attempted to portray David Cameron as the champion of privilege after he pledged to raise the individual ...
  1 week ago

• Four million to pay inheritance tax under Labour

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 952
  Inheritance tax is set to become a key election battlefield after the Conservatives issued new figures predicting that four million people would be liable for the levy under Labour.
  1 week ago

• Death & Taxes

  
  The Wine Commonsewer — Authority: 131
  Good Morning Gentle Readers, A few days ago the House passed HR 4154, the Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act, which would establish a permanent estate tax exemption at 3.5 million dollars. Anything in excess of this threshold is taxed at 45% federal and at top state marginal rates which vary depending upon residency. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Stamp duty threshold will fall back to £125,000 in new year, Darling announces

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  First-time buyers were dealt a blow in todays pre-budget report when the chancellor announced that the current stamp duty holiday would not be extended beyond the end of the year. Alistair Darling also scrapped plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax from £325,000 to £350,000, as he sought to put clear ...
  4 weeks ago

• Inheritance Tax threshold freeze

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 450
  From when I heard that little dig last week that if Labour were so anti-rises in inheritance tax then why were they raising it themselves I knew this rise would have to go, and lo it came to pass today. But do bear in mind that it is not as clear cut as Alistair Darling pretends; the inheritance tax threshold may well ...
  4 weeks ago

• Pre-Budget report: inheritance tax rethink hits middle class

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 952
  Middle-class families will have to pay thousands of pounds more in inheritance tax after Alistair Darling reversed plans to increase the level at which the levy must be paid.
  4 weeks ago

• Pre-Budget Report: Inheritance tax freeze disappoints

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 952
  The IHT threshold has been frozen at £325,000 for individuals and at £650,000 for married couples.
  4 weeks ago

• Inheritance tax threshold unchanged

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Alistair Darlings pre-budget report announcement will see the inheritance tax threshold remain at £325,000 for the next year The chancellor today scrapped plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax (IHT) from £325,000 to £350,000 as he sought to put clear water between Labour and the Conservatives on the ...
  4 weeks ago

• IHT freeze: was it Newsnight wot won it?

  
  Next Left — Authority: 579
  Was it Newsnight Wot Won It on the inheritance tax freeze? Well, not really. But Alastair Darlings decision to freeze the inheritance tax threshold may be the first policy success to arise from Newsnights Politics Pen, as Fabian Research Director Tim Horton pitched this proposal to the dragons in the summer. You ...
  4 weeks ago

• Pre-budget report clinic: How will it affect your finances?

  
  Money: Money blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 99
  How will the pre-budget report affect your finances? Put your questions to our panel of experts and get the answers from midday on Thursday The chancellor, Alistair Darling, has delivered a pre-budget report he hopes will not only save the UK from further economic strife, but deliver another election victory to ...
  4 weeks ago

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