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  • 1 week ago | financialplanningtoday.co.uk | Simon Read

    The estimated tax gap in the UK was 5.3% in 2023-24, meaning £46.8bn was unpaid in the year, according to new figures from HMRC. But the gap was down from 5.6%, or £46.4bn in 2022-23. The tax authorities collected £829.2bn during the year, representing 94.7% of all tax due. HMRC said small businesses were responsible for the largest share of the gap. It said small business non-compliance increased to a 60% share, up from 48% five years ago.

  • 1 week ago | financialplanningtoday.co.uk | Simon Read

    A former analyst at asset manager Janus Henderson and his sister have been convicted for insider dealing and money laundering which netted them more than £1m. Redinel Korfuzi, 38, worked as a research analyst at Janus Henderson but used confidential, price-sensitive information to deal in shares of at least 13 companies ahead of market announcements.

  • 1 week ago | financialplanningtoday.co.uk | Simon Read

    The FCA has handed £150 compensation to an unnamed adviser who said his firm was wrongly listed on the Financial Services Register as an appointed representative for an unnamed firm he had already left and never worked with. The adviser alleged the fact they were listed as an AR to the firm was adversely impacting their business and reputation.

  • 1 week ago | financialplanningtoday.co.uk | Simon Read

    Simpler pension transfers took an average of just 11 days to complete in the lead up to the end of the 2024/25 tax year. The figures for the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, are slightly above the 10.5 days recorded at the end of last December. But half of all transfers were completed in seven working days or less during the period, according to the latest data from Origo’s Transfer Index.

  • 1 week ago | financialplanningtoday.co.uk | Simon Read

    A new digital wealth app has been launched targeting six-figure earners who’ve outgrown basic financial products but don’t have the millions needed to access private banks. Sidekick has been set up by fintech veteran Matt Ford, who previously founded money management app Pariti, which was sold to Tandem Bank in 2018.

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