Whenever you purchase shares in the UK, you are taxed on the transaction. This useful article from directgov http://www.direct.gov.uk/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/Taxes/TaxOnSavingsAndInvestments/TaxOnSavingsAndInvestmentsArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=10013514&chk=Tac6CP helps to explain this tax.
In the next budget it is believed that ISA’s will be improved by removing the distinction between max and mini isa’s and merging them into one http://www.everyinvestor.co.uk/editorial.asp?catid=153&ediid=864. This will help to make them easier to understand by the general public.
Every year people spend thousands on there mortgage. As well as paying this there are ways to save thousands also. This article http://www.everyinvestor.co.uk/editorial.asp?catid=155&ediid=774 shows you how.
It’s often hard to find the most cost effective fund. This article http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/investing/article.html?in_article_id=414702&in_page_id=166 will help you to do this.
Self assessment is something that more and more people are now having to do. I found this article http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/help-and-advice/advice-banks/article.html?in_advicepage_id=103&in_article_id=396480&in_page_id=90 extremely useful on the subject.
Many people find the whole pension puzzle too much. And because of this many people put off the need to take out a pension. This useful article http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/retirement/article.html?in_article_id=409968&in_page_id=6 aims to help clarify some of the main concepts.
The UK’s elderly are finding inflation a particular problem. http://www.whatinvestment.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=15720§ioncode=1 . This problem is exasberated by the falling net returns on pension plans as new people retire.
There has recently been a new service launched by the LSE that provides you with a host of analysis tools and live share prices http://www.whatinvestment.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=15719§ioncode=64. This is an exteremely useful service. Only 12 months ago it was common to pay for this type of service
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