News courtesy of Financial Times

Fri, 27 August 2010
Huge demand from savers has prompted the withdrawal of the only account that guaranteed a return over inflation

Fri, 27 August 2010
Traditional estate landowners were given good news last week after a tax tribunal in Scotland rejected an appeal from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) that could have landed many rural estates with huge inheritance tax (IHT) bills

Fri, 27 August 2010
Tens of thousands of investors with Fidelity, one of the biggest Isa managers, are being forced to sell their shares in a number of widely held banks after the fund manager announced the closure of its Windfall Isa

Fri, 27 August 2010
We looked at investing via a "bare trust" to make use of our son's tax allowances, but were told this would not allow us as trustees to withdraw the funds. Are there other tax-efficient ways to save?

Fri, 20 August 2010
Several years ago, I bought two paintings for a few hundred pounds. But I recently had them valued at about £120,000. I had been planning to give them to my son. Are there any CGT implications if I do this?

Fri, 20 August 2010
National Counties Building Society is offering a cash Isa paying a guaranteed return over inflation

Fri, 13 August 2010
Higher-rate taxpayers can use losses crystallised before the recent June Budget to avoid CGT at the new higher rate of 28 per cent, rather than having those losses set against pre-Budget gains taxable at 18 per cent

Fri, 13 August 2010
While the stock market has recovered 50 per cent from last year's low ? and even the crisis-hit banks have returned to profit ? private investors could still be sitting on heavy share losses

Fri, 13 August 2010
My wife and I are joint tenants with our daughter in her main property. What would happen to this stake - and how would it be taxed - on the death of the first of us oldies?

Wed, 11 August 2010
HM Revenue & Customs is using four private companies to pursue tax bills of £300-£2,000

Fri, 06 August 2010
High earners are planning to give more to charity this year as they seek to avoid paying the new higher rates of income tax, according to financial advisers

Fri, 30 July 2010
Following the Budget increase in CGT, can I use my £10,100 annual exemption to reduce my higher-taxed, post-June gains?

Fri, 30 July 2010
Thousands of second homeowners will face a less generous tax regime from next April

Fri, 23 July 2010
The first £30,000 of my redundancy cash was tax-free but I paid 40 per cent tax on the remainder. I have now learnt that I could have put the balance into my pension to reduce any tax liability

Fri, 23 July 2010
Jackpot winners keep low profile and won't be photographed for publicity

Mon, 12 July 2010
Laith Khalaf, pensions analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, answers questions on the government's decision to link private pension payments to CPI

Mon, 21 June 2010
Ask the expert: John Whiting, tax policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation, answers questions on the Budget

Tue, 01 June 2010
James Turk, founder and chairman of Gold Money, answers questions on how to invest in gold and what could happen to the gold price

Wed, 19 May 2010
Steve Olejnik from Mortgages for Business and Stephen Ludlow from Ludlow Thompson answer questions on the UK buy to let market

Wed, 14 April 2010
Ray Boulger senior technical manager at Charcol answers questions on the UK mortgage market and which deal to go for

Thu, 11 March 2010
Tim Gregory, partner at Saffery Champness, answers readers' questions on how to plan for the new 50% tax rate

Thu, 11 March 2010
Paul Kennedy at Fidelity FundsNetwork and Darius McDermott at Chelsea Financial Services, answered readers' questions on tax planning for Isas

Wed, 10 February 2010
Ask the expert: Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, answers readers' queries on end of year tax planning for your pension and retirement options

Tue, 02 February 2010
Ask the expert:Simon Marsh, partner at Killik & Co will answered readers' queries on the rules surrounding equity Isas and which ones to choose

Tue, 12 January 2010
Ask the expert: Louise Somerset, tax director at RBC Wealth Management, answered queries on how to fill in your tax return

Wed, 09 December 2009
Ask the expert: John Whiting, tax policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation, answered questions on the pre-Budget report

Fri, 06 November 2009
Danny Cox at Hargreaves Lansdown and Peter Nillist from law firm Clarke Willmott, answer readers' questions on how to write a will and minimise your iht bill

Tue, 03 November 2009
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off some of their assets as part of a major shake-up of the UK banking industry. What will it mean for consumers?

Fri, 09 October 2009
Ask the expert: John Lawson, head of pension policy at Standard Life, answers readers' questions on how to build up your pension fund.

Fri, 02 October 2009
Ask the expert: Mark Dampier will answer readers' questions at 3pm on Thursday 8 October on whether absolute return funds work. Email your questions in now