Oct
12
2007
It is becoming a fact of life that every labour budget offers fantastic tax cuts from different member of our community (god I hate that word) which are later revealed to have been nullified by swingeing tax rises somewhere else.
Two techniques are favoured: introduce benefits which can only be enjoyed after an Operation Overlord level [...]
Tags: budgets, tax
Oct
12
2007
No surprises to hear that first-time housebuyers are becoming another endangered species in the UK housing market both sides of the border even though house prices in Scotland continue to lag England (except Auld Reekie).
The number of people describing themselves as first-time homeowners dropped between March 2007 and September 2007, from 20% of the UK [...]
Tags: capital gains, housing market, tax