Hints and tips:
...He confirmed the heavily trailed 2p cut in national insurance contributions, a shake-up of the “non-dom” tax regime and the creation of a “British Isa” to encourage investment in UK-listed companies....
...A different type of mess is now surrounding Lincoln National Corp, the Radnor, Pennsylvania-based insurance company that lends the stadium its name....
...From April sixth, employees National Insurance will be cut by another 2p, from 10% to 8%. And self-employed national insurance will be cut from 8% to 6%....
...Plus, just a couple of years ago, we increased the tax-free allowance for National Insurance contributions as well....
...4 National Insurance by one percentage point in today’s Autumn Statement for growth....
...They are based on national population trends and are widely used by pension schemes and insurers to price products such as pensions, annuities and life cover....
...Anyone with a digital nomad visa will also have to purchase health insurance....
...“It’s better to know, in life,” he told me. “It’s better to know, as a general principle.”...
...Holdings of UK-listed companies by British pension and insurance funds have plunged from about half of their portfolios to 4 per cent over the past two decades, according to data from Ondra....
...Truss eventually set out plans to reverse Sunak’s increase in corporation tax and national insurance, at a cost of about £30bn....
...Key economic and company reports Here is a more complete list of what to expect in terms of company reports and economic data this week....
...For a cash-strapped theatre company they can represent a vital revenue stream....
...A huge chunk of that — Rs205bn — came from the sale of a 3.5 per cent stake in state-run Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in May through a long-delayed initial public offering....
...For the first time ever, because of the rises in tax thresholds made by successive Chancellors people in our country can earn £1,000 a month without paying a penny of tax or national insurance....
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...And tax rises are on their way, under a plan to increase national insurance contributions by 1.25 percentage points of salary for both employers and employees next April....
...So a lot of that is coming from freezing national insurance thresholds, particularly for companies. But that ultimately goes into our wage packets....
...I am maintaining at current levels the income tax personal allowance, higher rate threshold, main national insurance thresholds and the inheritance tax thresholds for a further two years taking us to April...
...The responses point to higher fuel and utility bills, rising National Insurance and business taxes, supply chain disruption and the combination of higher wages and labour shortages....
...They are looking for a long-term, not temporary solution to their unsatisfactory life in China.”...
...The national insurance rise had already gone through. It had been passed as a health and social care levy, which people broadly bought into at the time....
...While theatre owners and companies welcomed the extra money ploughed into the sector, the Budget announcement did not address the lack of Covid-related insurance for big productions....
...(FT) Volunteering, such as at a vaccination centre, can make one happier, healthier and more satisfied with life. Purpose-seeking companies should take note, writes Pilita Clark....
...In the news Apollo to merge with Athene Apollo Global Management is to merge with Athene Holding, the life insurance company it created at the height of the financial crisis, transforming the alternative...
...Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has said the insurance policies at the heart of the Greensill Capital collapse may not have been valid, as investors pressed the company to detail its exposure to the lender...
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