This document contains a short explanation of Capital Gains Tax, the allowances available in the 2025/26 tax year, and how you can use it in your year end tax planning.
General
This section contains miscellaneous & general financial information that you may find useful when dealing with certain life events.
Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom, granted under the Civil Partnership Act 2004, allow couples to obtain essentially the same rights and responsibilities as marriage. Initially the Act permitted only same-sex couples to form civil partnerships. This was altered to include opposite-sex couples in 2019. Though from March 2014 full same-sex marriage was legalised in England, Scotland and Wales, civil partnership remains available. Designed to be very much equivalent to marriage for same sex couples, a civil partnership carries both rights and responsibilities, in very broad terms, attracting the same legal and tax protections/advantages/disadvantages as a traditional marriage. This article explains further.
A short explanation of Inheritance Tax and how to plan for it in your tax planning.
UK News
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.
Faisal Islam talks to some of the world's most powerful people about the conflict and the economy.
Montenegro and Albania are among the places rising in popularity for Britons seeking a holiday away from tourist traps.
Major lenders make rate reductions as markets take some heart from a possible truce in the Iran war.