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Overseas pension - do I need to declare it?
I am about to get a lump sum pension from a country overseas. Do I have to declare it? If so how? The funds will be to help sustain me for the rest of my life but it is paid as a lump some because I haven't got enough years to get the full monthly payment. I am concerned that the lump sum will take me into a higher tax…
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CGT prep ahead of Budget 24 + Bed and Breakfast rules
Hi. I am new to MSE Forum, hello everyone! I am selling my holdings in my GIA ahead of the 30/10/24 budget in order to rebase the book costs. I think the CGT rates will go up and the 10% rate will double so I want to rebase book costs now. Before 30/10, I want to sell and buy again the next day the same fund (L&G Global…
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Gifting when estate value is below threshold for IHT
Hi could I ask for someone to confirm the following please. Our elderly mother wants to gift money to her children. Her total estate value is below the IHT threshold. She is in good health and doesn't need any care home needs she wishes to gift £10k to all 3 children. Am I correct in thinking, if she was to sadly pass…
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A rare Inheritance Tax Situation
A rare Inheritance Tax Situation I would like to put forward a thought and ask if anyone has
knowledge on the subject. My daughter was a wealthy young lady. She died young. My family inherited her wealth, and we paid a vast sum in
inheritance tax. We had to sell her home to pay all that was due. I am left with a London…
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How are K Tax Codes Worked Out?
Is there a simple route to establishing what the code(s) will be and then modelling salary sacrifice to ensure living costs are covered in the most tax efficient manner.
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IHT on cash gift used to buy joint house
My father sold his house in 2018, and gave me £360k. I used the money together with £260k of my own to buy a house in my name. He has lived with me in this house since. I pay for all the bills and expenses. I am worried we haven't planned IHT: how will this be taxed? I imagine it is not a Potentially Exempt gift as he has…
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Tax on goods from paris to uk
Hello all, Sorry if this is in the wrong forum section feel free to move if needed. After a bit of help as banging my head on the wall looking up the uk goverment website. I am going to Paris in a few weeks and want to purcahse a bag when over there from the gucci store. The bag is 1580.00 euros. I understand i can get a…
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Salary Sacrifice and Second income
Hi I wonder if anyone can help. I am currently full time employed earning just slightly under £50k per year. I have recently (May this year) started a side business on etsy selling personalised gifts. I anticipate i'll be making around £5-7k a year profit on this, leading to possibly more. This will take me over the 50k…
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PSA and pension contribution...?
I'm sure this has been asked before but I cant find it, apologies. So my OH's earnings would put her into the 40% tax band but her pension contribution mean she only pays at BR. Is her PSA £500, based on her earnings? Or £1000 based on taxed at basic rate? .
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Contributions to children’s JISA/ ISA in context of IHT
Hello all Yes, Im one of those strongly against IHT. We are not elite, btw - just a normal professional couple living in SE having paid (from taxed income) a huge morgage on our normal 4bed house. Started from 0 building up what we have. And we do want to pass some of it to our children. We started our family quite late,…
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Tax on my private pension
I have a small pension, paying £140pm and am getting taxed at source on this, I am also self employed, can I ask HMRC to include this on my self assesment (I will make a loss this year so would avoid paying tax on the pension)?
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CGT on (future) past private residence?
Hi there, I have a question regarding capital gains tax on behalf of a good friend. She currently owns and lives in her own property (mortgaged). She is currently considering moving into her partners home and either selling her house or renting it out. If she decides to rent it out (she is aware of the income tax to be…
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New 2nd job & Tax
I am about to start a second job and will be placed with a BR tax code. My combined income from both jobs for the tax year will be less than my 12570 personal allowance, will i be able to claim back on the income tax paid due to the BR tax code or not?
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How do personal pension contributions affect dividend tax?
How do personal pension contributions affect your tax situation when you pay yourself via dividends? For example: Dividends received: £37,700 and let's assume for now no other income. A dividend of £500, means that tax is due on £37,200. (£37,700 - £500 =£37,200) Dividend tax on 8.75% on this amount means that tax £3,255…
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CGT on transfers of accumulation funds between spouse
Hey, Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how to correctly declare this to the tax man? I owned units of an index accummulation fund for several years. I have declared and paid tax on the reinvested dividends from this fund. I have now transferred ownership of half these funds to my spouse (who lives with me…
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Payroll Dept Incompetence - P45
Sorry for the long waffle but want to get all facts in there. I retired 6 weeks ago on 6th September. My final pay came through as normal on 25th followed a day later by my P45. I noticed that I was about £1400 short in the pay (quite a normal occurrence for the payroll dept, Incompetent does not begin to describe them).…
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IHT Mistake??
hi, could you please help me with this: My husband's mother died 25 years, leaving her estate to his father, which was a few hundred pounds and at that time the house was never in her name, but she was the beneficiary if the father died first. The father has now died, and the person doing the probate has calculated it like…
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Inheritance tax - regular gifts from excess income
Couple of questions on this please: Is income only earned income or also pension income? ( regular DB income is relatively easy to value, what about variable lump sums out of DC including the tax free element) What sort of records are required to prove gifts out of regular income? Considering nursery, private school and…
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Capital Gains after moving back into a property
Hi, We bought a house in 2001 for 84k- we lived in it until 2012 (nearer to 12 years than 11). We then purchased our 2nd home. The first house has been rented out since then. It’s is now worth £300k We’ve spent 30k on an attic conversion. As things stand now, what would we pay in CGT (we are both paying tax at 20%) (both…
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Are eBay sales to USA count as foreign income for the HMRC?
I was just about to complete my first Self Assessment tax for last year, but I have been asked if I received any foreign income. Most of my sales were through eBay, and were to overseas buyers, USA, Canada, etc. Do I have to say yes, this is foreign income as it comes from abroad, or not, because I am resident in UK and…
