The best way to avoid that big IHT bill
It is a little known fact that it was the Whig chancellor Sir William Harcourt
who introduced the notion of a death duty tax in 1894. The subsequent
Inheritance Tax remained unchanged until 1975, when a significant alteration
by Dennis Healy made all major gifts throughout an individual's lifetime
subject to tax.
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Insurance can be key to business success
QUESTION: I am just starting a business and have heard about the need
for key person insurance. Could you explain what this is and how I would go
about putting it in place?
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China leads economic Olympics
By the early hours of Friday, August 8, as the firecrackers and razzmatazz
open the Beijing Olympic Games, many will reluctantly realise that the world
has a new economic axis.
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The long arm of HM Revenue and Customs
People tend to think of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in two main areas. The
administration of tax and the manning of UK ports and airports — on the
lookout for drugs or other smuggling.
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Inside Money
- The butterfly effect: How a blip became a credit crunch
- Pick a portfolio with good mix of equities
- Fixed interest and the credit crunch — the situation so far
- Making sure you find the best pension to suit your own needs
- More economic casualties loom as backbone of US mortgage
- A lateral look at taking benefits
- Why we're Russian to invest in bear market
- Taking the non-traditional route
- How best to provide a pension for your old age
- ETFs are an attractive option
- Accountants get improved line to Revenue
- Working tax credit depends on status
- New band has minimal effect
- Ex-pats do not become ex-taxpayers
- How to manage going it alone
- What will your tax bill be after axing of 10% band?
- Tax: Stop 'faffing' and fill return form in
- No escape from pain as end-of-January tax bill looms
- Lame excuse won't wear with taxman
- Time to look at those returns
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Columnist Comments
• View From Dublin: Give us serenity to see out economic turmoil
The famous prayer attributed to the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr asks for the serenity to accept the things one cannot change, and the courage to change the things one can. Shrewdly, Dr Niebuhr also asked for the wisdom to know the difference.
• Executive decisions vital to safeguard NI Water’s future
NORTHERN Ireland Water (NIW) is too important as a public utility to be a shuttlecock between uncertain political direction and aggressive regulatory intervention.
• View From London: A spoonful of Reaganism can help the inflation medicine to go down
Two weeks ago we learned that retail sales in the UK fell 3.9% in June and that Tim Besley, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, voted at the last committee meeting for an interest rate increase. This combination is rather intriguing.
Business Poll: Corporation Tax?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
Should Northern Ireland be allowed to adopt the same rate of Corporaton Tax as the Republic?
| Yes |
 74% |
| No |
 26% |
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Poll: Tasers and the police
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
Do you support the use of Tasers by the PSNI?
| Yes, it is better than using firearms |
57% |
| Yes, but only in exceptional circumstances |
23% |
| No, I'm genuinely concerned about the safety of Tasers |
9% |
| No, the police should not have these weapons |
11% |
Keane signs Healy
Do you think David Healy will be a success at Sunderland?
Sport legends
Who is Northern Ireland's greatest sports person of modern times?
Who is Northern Ireland's greatest sports person of modern times?
| George Best |
28% |
| Tony McCoy |
2% |
| Darren Clarke |
2% |
| Barry McGuigan |
3% |
| Mary Peters |
3% |
| Willie John McBride |
3% |
| Peter Canavan |
6% |
| Joey Dunlop |
45% |
| David Healy |
6% |
| Alex Higgins |
1% |