Sam Brodbeck

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sam Brodbeck

So what exactly will happen to these surpluses once they're released? One suggestion is that the money is given to employers to reinvest in themselves via software, new machinery and so on. It just so happens that the Government has just saddled British businesses with a big National Insurance increase. If I were a finance director, I know what I would do with a windfall. God knows, Reeves owes something to UK plc after using her first Budget to stiff them with £25bn a year of tax rises.

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sam Brodbeck

Die before April 6 2027, and a £500,000 pension will attract not a jot of inheritance tax. It could even be free of income tax indefinitely, depending on how it is withdrawn by your descendants. Die after April 6 2027, and the same pension will attract £200,000 in death duties (assuming you have already used up your tax-free allowance). Telegraph readers sprang into action as soon as Reeves made the bombshell announcement in the October Budget.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Sam Brodbeck

This week, Diane Abbott appeared on Today – the BBC’s flagship radio news programme – and called for a wealth tax. That Ms Abbott, the Mother of the House as the longest-serving female MP, is in favour of an unworkable policy will surprise few readers. As Jeremy Corbyn’s chief cheerleader – and one-time lover – no wonder she thinks Britain’s ills can be solved chasing the wealthiest people out of the country. AdvertisementThe present Labour Government is already doing a good job of that.

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sam Brodbeck

Other, more pragmatic countries know this. The UAE, Italy, Portugal and Greece, to name a few, are aggressively tempting families and high earners to up-sticks in search of low taxes and a better quality of life. Fifty years ago, a Labour government came to power with a manifesto promise to "introduce an annual wealth tax on the rich".

1 month ago | corporate-adviser.com | Sam Brodbeck

Five months ago I made some predictions about what could be in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, Labour’s first chance to tax and spend for 14 years. Praise be. In a career first, I was right to say there was a good chance the Chancellor would reintroduce a “pensions death tax”. You didn’t have to be Mystic Meg to work out that pensions had simply become too good a way to dodge inheritance tax.