"I think the 50p tax rate has encouraged people to be even greedier than they were," said one Scottish tax adviser this week after it emerged that tax avoidance schemes were enabling celebrities to pay as little as 1% tax on their income.
IF you have had a credit card online purchase declined, and then received an automated phone call from your bank, as happened to me last week, you will probably have the hassle of re-ordering your item.
We added another £4156 to our notional cash pile last week after evicting another two shares from our investment portfolios under the stop/loss system.
THE Government is on the verge of publishing its proposals for a new flat rate state pension, which one expert has called the biggest shake-up the state pension system has seen in the past 50 years.
The UK's only investment trust tracking the US stock market has morphed into a more expensive actively-managed fund despite private shareholder disquiet.
We took the opportunity to refresh our investment portfolios with three new selections on Wednesday morning after our existing share tips turned in another sturdy performance.
FORMER British prime minister Harold Wilson once said "a week is a long time in politics", but for Europe and global investors generally, the next four weeks are going to seem like an eternity.
The chancellor may be on the warpath, but business owners can still wipe out their tax bill using clever advice, according to the sponsors of a seminar in Edinburgh this week.
The mortgage squeeze is gripping tighter, with banks less willing than ever to help homebuyers who only have small deposits, according to a new survey.
We were reluctant sellers of another three of our share tips last week as the stock market fell to fresh 2012 lows on the continuing concerns over the future of the euro.
Online stockbrokers TD Direct this week reported a 50% increase in trading of its 10 most popular stocks as investors responded to the intensifying crisis in the eurozone.
As the eurozone crisis goes from bad to worse, UK owners of property on the Continent are putting them up for sale so they can bring their money back to the UK.
Actively managed investment funds need transparent, consumer-friendly pricing to survive pressure from low-cost indexed funds and savvy investors, leading fund industry players said in Edinburgh yesterday.