Tax

Average UK house price rises by £25,000 in a year

Cost of a home climbed in every region in 12 months to August, with prices in London rising to £526,000

Hilary Osborne and agencies

20, Oct, 2021 @12:19 PM

UK public warms to road pricing as fuel duty replacement considered

Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric cars

Gwyn Topham

15, Oct, 2021 @12:28 PM

We feel penalised by 200% council tax increase on our derelict cottage

Our property has been empty for more than five years, now we are facing a bill of £725 a month

Anna Tims

14, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

I want to buy a new house and turn mine into rental property. Do I have to pay capital gains tax?

I also plan to put the rental into trust for my son when he turns 18, but I am confused about the levy

Virginia Wallis

11, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

Electric cars: how to cut the cost – and the best used deals

Little-known scheme similar to ‘bike to work’ could make it much cheaper to lease an electric vehicle

Miles Brignall

09, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

Pandora papers prove that the rich live by different rules | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the leak of documents exposing the secret offshore accounts of world leaders, celebrities and business tycoons, and call for action to close tax loopholes

Letters

05, Oct, 2021 @4:44 PM

The global corporate tax deal doesn't add up – we're about to be ripped off again | George Turner

The G7 package isn’t a ‘huge prize for UK taxpayers’, and Rishi Sunak should admit it, says TaxWatch director George Turner

George Turner

05, Oct, 2021 @3:40 PM

Rich people try to avoid paying tax – no change there, then | Brief letters

Brief letters: Pandora papers | HGV drivers | Soap operas | Wally the walrus | Fitting into old clothes

Letters

04, Oct, 2021 @4:12 PM

The lesson of the fuel crisis? Hell hath no fury like a lorry driver scorned | Zoe Williams

Whether you consider the petrol blockades of 2000 or this year’s anger over shortages, it’s clear that farmers and hauliers are genius protesters, writes Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

04, Oct, 2021 @2:12 PM

Hospitality and tourism bosses plead for VAT rate freeze at 12.5%

Coalition of UK industry bodies warns of ‘painful’ job losses if Treasury returns tax to pre-Covid levels in April

Rupert Neate

01, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM

The Guardian view on Labour’s spending plans: vote red, go green | Editorial

Editorial: Rachel Reeves put on a fiscal straitjacket, then spent her speech to the Labour party conference getting out of it

Editorial

27, Sep, 2021 @5:31 PM

Can I use my Australian property to increase the money available for a UK deposit?

I want to buy a flat or small house, have £55,000 in savings but the price of housing in Bristol is high