British holidaymakers arriving in Tenerife for the Easter break have been met with anti-tourist graffiti – and a tense reception from locals.
Residents living in the Canary Islands have declared war and say they are ‘fed-up’ of British tourists who only ‘drink cheap beer, lay in the sun and eat low quality food’.
They say airbnbs are pushing up the costs of renting and the cost of living while they are sick of the noise and rubbish pollution that comes
In recent years increasing numbers of buy-to-let investors have been buying properties via a limited company, rather than in their own personal name.
Last year alone, landlords set up a record 50,004 companies to hold buy-to-let properties, according to analysis by estate agents Hamptons.
There are a total of 615,077 buy-to-lets owned in company structures in the UK, an 82 per cent increase since the end of 2016.
Limited company surge: More than two-thirds of existing buy-to-let companies were set
Peter Miller and his wife, Hilary Kingsley, downsized four years ago years ago from a large family home in South-West London that they had lived in for decades, to a smaller house just down the road. Although they are happy with their move, the process was not without its problems. Here, Peter shares what he wishes he’d known before they’d started.
We knew the time had come to downsize when we received a quote to repair the roof. It was
A leading UK food science expert has spoken out on the dangers of glycerol in sugar-free slushies, suggesting that using the e-number could be an ‘unintended consequence of the sugar tax’.
Professor Gunter Kuhnle, who works at the University of Reading and is an expert in nutrition and food science, said recent news stories about young children suffering from the harmful effects of glycerol could now see companies reformulate their products to omit the sweetener.
The scientist warned parents to
Crime fiction writer Sharon Birch, 58, and her partner Stephen are desperate to downsize from their five-bedroom townhouse in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool.
They are among the almost 90 pc of people aged over 65 who are rattling around homes that are now too big for them, according to figures from research institute the International Longevity Centre.
But like millions of homeowners who would like to downsize, Sharon and Stephen’s plans are being thwarted by stamp duty, which they say is
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today front up to voters to tout his new Stage Three tax cuts.
He’ll do so against a backdrop of controversy and chaos as his ministers and the Opposition battle it out over the optics of a broken election promise versus needing to help middle Australia ease the cost
Bundeskanzler Jeremy Hunt hat eine neue Aufforderung erhalten, mit seinem kommenden Frühjahrshaushalt die Taxisteuer ein für alle Mal abzuschaffen.
Aktivisten gegen Pläne, die Steuern auf private Mietfahrzeuge zu erhöhen, haben Herrn Hunt aufgefordert, „aufhören, die Sache auf die Straße zu werfen“, bevor die Abgabe in Kraft tritt.
Die Kanzlerin wurde auch gewarnt, dass die Erhöhung der Mehrwertsteuer um 20 Prozent, die sieben von zehn Briten ablehnen, die Schwächsten am stärksten treffen wird.
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Laura Suter: What are the key tax bands and how do you defend your earnings if you face a bigger bill
Millions of people are being pushed into higher tax bands and face bigger bills because the Government has frozen allowances and thresholds to drum up cash from taxpayers.
Stealth taxes are affecting people all along the income scale, as their wages and pensions might have increased to keep up with inflation, but more of their money is getting swiped
No one wants loved ones to get lumped with a hefty inheritance tax bill unnecessarily, but more people’s estates are being dragged into its net.
Luckily there are many legal ways to dodge the dreaded 40 per cent ‘death tax’ if you want to pass on the maximum sum possible and are prepared to plan ahead.
The Conservatives are reportedly considering abolishing inheritance tax in the Budget on 6 March, or promising to do so in their next election manifesto
Vehicle Excise Duty – or as most of us know it, car tax – has been forecast to rake in an extra £2.4billion-a-year for the Treasury by 2028-29, with the raid of electric vehicles (EVs) helping to drive the increase in revenue.
In the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) economic and fiscal outlook report published following the Autumn Statement, VED tax receipts are forecast to jump from £8billion in the current financial year to £10.4billion in five years’ time.
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