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April 23, 2019
Three-Month Penalty Looming for Self-Assessment Procrastinators
So it’s already well into April and as the sky turns from winter grey to pale blue Spring, all...
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March 20, 2018
To marry or not to marry? In the UK, it’s a tax question!
Recently, we looked at the Marriage Allowance, and it got us thinking about the 3.3 million couples who choose...
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March 4, 2014
Hot Topic – CII Exams Pass Rates for 2013
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ The CII have published their 2013 exam pass rates, and below we compare the Annual Pass Rates with...
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February 18, 2014
Hot Topic – Increased CGT for Landlords from April
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ From April 2014 landlords will see a reduction in a valuable tax break which could hit some quite...
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January 8, 2014
Hot Topic – Transferring Your CTF to a Junior ISA
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ Almost a year ago, we talked here about the unfairness of not being able to transfer Child Trust...
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October 1, 2013
Hot Topic – CII R06 and AF5 – October 2013
http://www.brandft.co.uk/ Are you sitting either of the above exams next week? If so, you will of course have received...
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July 17, 2013
Hot Topic – CII R06 – Post Exam Analysis of our Analysis
http://www.brandft.co.uk Having spoken to one of the team in Brand Financial Training who sat the R06 exam this time...
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July 10, 2013
Hot Topic – Which Study Materials to Use for CII AF Exams?
http://www.brandft.co.uk Having recently been involved with a discussion over what materials to use to study for AF exams, we...
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April 10, 2013
Hot Topic – Pensions and Divorce
I was talking to an IFA recently about the impact of divorce on pensions. He had a client facing...
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March 28, 2013
Hot Topic – The Budget
So what did we think of the budget this year? It seemed like a good one for small businesses...
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February 28, 2013
Hot Topic – Junior ISA
In the CII J10 manual (and of course in R02 and other investment exams too) it talks about Junior...
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February 5, 2013
Hot Topic – Furnished Holiday Lets and BPR
Anyone sitting a written taxation/investment exam last year and faced with a holiday home question and tax calculation may...
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January 30, 2013
Hot Topic – Capped Drawdown – CII CF4, R04, J04, J05, AF3
Buried deep in the Autumn Statement last year was the announcement that investors in capped drawdown would be able...