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The cost of many high street and online purchases is set to rise today as the VAT sales tax returns to 17.5%.
1 January 2010
Value Added Tax (VAT) goes back up to 17.5% on 1 Jan, as confirmed in today's Pre-Budget Report, meaning prices across the UK will rise.
9 December 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed VAT will rise from 15% to 17.5% in January as planned.
9 December 2009
Today's Pre-Budget Report (PBR) was a story of higher taxes for most of us to help pay for the country's £178 billion of borrowing this year.
9 December 2009
Anyone earning over £20,000 a year will have to pay more National Insurance (NI) than expected from April 2011.
9 December 2009
Parents of young children were today celebrating a Government U-turn which preserved tax relief on childcare vouchers.
4 December 2009
Parents will have to wait until next month's pre-Budget Report before discovering whether the Government intends to push through plans to scrap tax breaks on childcare vouchers.
16 November 2009
Savers who have overpaid tax are being encouraged to claim back their share of a pot worth well over £200 million.
16 November 2009
Nearly six out of 10 parents claim they will have to reconsider working if the Government scraps tax relief on childcare vouchers.
12 November 2009
The Government is being urged to increase the tax-free allowance given to people who rent a room to a lodger as it has remained static for over a decade.
10 November 2009
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