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One in ten towns caught by IHT

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One ten towns caught by IHT - The number of households caught by inheritance tax net has swelled with house prices 10% of English towns now above £285,000 threshold Landlords selling up over licence - Landlords with multi-occupation properties are quitting letting market because of tough new Government rules



One in ten towns caught by IHT  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
The number of households caught by inheritance tax net has swelled with house prices in 10% of English towns now above the £285,000 threshold
Landlords selling up over licence  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Landlords with multi-occupation properties are quitting the letting market because of tough new Government rules
Market report: Friday close  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Stagecoach's earnings from South West Trains are set to slump by about 70% after the Government demanded the company double its payments to the Treasury
Complaints against banks surge  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Complaints against UK banks have risen by 25%, led by anger over loans and overdrafts and default charges, according to industry figures
Self-assessment deadline looms  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
The 9m people that need to complete a self-assessment tax return have until 30 September if they want the Revenue to do the sums
The burden of double-dependency  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
The middle-aged people are becoming 'sandwiched' between two lots of dependents: their own parents and their grandchildren and children
Real cost of VAT fraud revealed  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
VAT fraud is costing the British taxpayer four times official estimates and five times more than in other EU nations, according to the BBC
New course for financially challenged  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
The Open University has launched a new course to help Britons negotiate the money maze of growing bills and complex financial products
£1bn deal to bring double-deck trains  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Double-deck trains on the South's busiest routes came a step closer today after Stagecoach signed up to commitments to ease overcrowding
Tax turmoil as another chief quits  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
The tax office is facing a widening power vacuum at the top just as it prepares for the annual flood of tax returns
Ex-minister slams pension reform  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Former Labour welfare minister Frank Field yesterday condemned the Government's pension reforms as 'positively dangerous'
Go green or pay more tax  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Homeowners who refuse to make their house or flat more environmentally friendly face higher council tax bills, ministers have revealed
Third of young families can't buy  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
More than a third of working families aged under 40 cannot afford to buy even the cheapest homes according to a new report released today
Supermarkets slammed over cheap booze  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Bargain beer and spirit offers are being used by supermarkets as weapons against independent rivals, it has been claimed
Branson in £1.7bn green pledge  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Billionaire Richard Branson has committed $3bn of profits from the Virgin transport businesses to fighting global warming
Google chiefs earn £7m a day  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Google founders are among the US's richest - Everyone on this year's Forbes rich list of the wealthiest Americans is a billionaire
Pizza Express wants larger slice  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
The owner of Pizza Express said today it planned to open up to 30 new restaurants in the coming year after seeing sales and profits rise
SSE will raise prices in New Year  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
One of the UK's biggest power companies was today lining up a New Year hike in energy bills after a pledge to leave prices on hold for the rest of 2006
Piccadilly beckons for LSE  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
None of the three great pillars of the City - the Bank of England, Lloyds and the LSE - deserve the Nasdaq makeover
Bermuda triangle for car sales  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mails investigator Tony Hetherington responds to readers' complaints - this week he looks at a firm targeting car sellers
Charter makes it mark  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Financial Mail's stockpicker Midas takes a look at Charter engineering and its interesting ride over the past few years
End this TV quiz disgrace  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Lucrative participation TV quizzes are the latest craze and for companies of the stature of ITV, Channel 4 and Five to perpetuate this con is unacceptable, says Lisa Buckingham
Millions should love Sharpe  [09/23/2006 01:17 PM]
Love or hate him, you can't accuse Robert Sharpe, the suave boss of Portman Building Society, of not being true to his word