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Budget Summary

  • Monday, May 22, 2017

Red Budget BoxThe tax-free personal allowance is to rise to £11,500 from April 2017.

A new lifetime ISA designed to help those struggling to save for a home and for their retirement will be available to anyone under 40 – with the Government contributing £1 for every £4 saved. The wider limit for ISA savings is going up from £15,240 to £20,000 a year for all.

The headline rate of capital gains tax is cut from 28% to 20% while for basic rate taxpayers it will fall from 18% to 10%.


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Chris Davies

Chris Davies

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Chris is a Chartered Independent Financial Adviser and leads the investment team.

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