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20 May 2009
The latest budget on 22nd April announced various tax rises which will increasingly affect the wealthy but pretty much everyone else aswell. There really has never been a better time to make the most of the tax breaks that are available to you. read more »
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30 Mar 2009
Most dentists know that for dental practices there are generous Inheritance Tax (IHT) reliefs which can work to make practice assets exempt or partially exempt from IHT. This relief is called Business Property Relief (BPR).
There are three key factors that determine whether your practice will attract Business Property Relief.
Not be subject to a binding agreement of sale read more »
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9 Mar 2009
Although most dentists accept they should save for retirement, it doesn't necessarily mean they should invest in a pension. NHS dentists are fortunate as they qualify for the NHS Pension Superannuation Scheme but for various reasons such as increasing private work, this doesn’t always provide sufficient income at retirement. read more »
106 Money Saving Ideas
- #46Practice - PrincipalsSpend your marketing budget carefully
To do this, one of the important factors is to know which areas of your practice are profitable.
Not all areas of dentistry are equally profitable so it makes sense to understand where your hourly rate is the highest and make sure that’s the service you’re promoting.
Essential Money Blog
Just read an interesting synopsis of a law case where a widow ended up not getting the marital home - brief courtesy of threesixtyservices. I find these case studies fascinating reading but I'll let you make your own judgment. read more »
Congratulations to Lisa Burke our Practice Manager who's recently passed a Chartered Insurance Institute, Supervisory Diploma exam. read more »
Just sitting in the car on the way back to Birmingham - being very well driven by Jonny Amos as my normal driver has the cheek to go on holiday - and read what I think is an amazing report by Nicole Blackmore of Money Marketing (Proof is in the pudding 03 June 2009). read more »
We went to an awards do a few weeks ago and the runner up of the Mortgage Adviser of the Year for which we were also shortlisted, happened to be sitting next to me. Although I was obviously pleased they'd done well I was amazed when he admitted they didn't offer all the products from the market place. read more »
With a number of clients with existing investment properties and following a fair number of discussions recently as to when would be a good time to get back into the property market, I thought the following report from Henderson New Star made interesting reading. read more »
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Current financial issues and industry developments that may affect you
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30 Jun 2009
Further to my comments the other day - Figures released today by the Nationwide show that in June the average price of
a property rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.9% to £156,442, up from £154,016 in May. -
24 Jun 2009
Just in case you have not already seen the summary of Professor Steele's report on NHS Dentistry -
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23 Jun 2009
Nationwide's Chief Economist Martin Gahbauer said: "The price of a typical house rose by 1.2% in May, providing further evidence of some improvement in housing market conditions over the last few months." The average house price is still 11.3% lower than a year ago, although this marks a significant improvement frmo the annual decline of 15% recorded in April. read more »
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5 Jun 2009
There is a lot of information in this year’s budget about what will happen in 2010 and 2011, particularly with regard to Income Tax and pension tax relief. The main changes are:
In 2010 personal allowances will be restricted for those with income over £100,000, the restriction operating as £1 reduction per £2 income, just as is the case with age allowances. read more »
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30 Jan 2009
Pregnant women are being urged to apply for the new Health in Pregnancy grant of £190. In order to qualify the baby must be due on or after 6 April 2009. read more »