Tag: personal finances
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How to Earn £34,000 Tax Free
This weeks budget brought about some big controversial changes. I won’t delve into all of them here, but instead comment on the fact that this and other recent budgets have made it possible to earn significant amounts of income without paying any tax – something most people are interested in! I’m lucky in a sense…
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How much are your possessions worth?
At the weekend I performed the annual task of renewing our house insurance. Naturally it wasn’t long before I ended up on a price comparison website to make the process of finding a competitive quote reasonably painless1. While filling in the lengthy forms I hit this question which made me stop and think: When you…
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Why the Rich Get Richer & The Poor Get Poorer
The most common response to this quandary is that you need money to make money. Those born with a silver spoon in their mush’s are destined to be wealthy. Personally I think that is complete tosh. I can even pick a carefully selected piece of research that ‘proves’ it: In a study by the University of…
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White Friday – Quietly Keeping My Money
Here in the UK we love importing American phenomena from over the pond and it appears the shopping frenzy known as Black Friday is the latest. For the UK press it’s a great spectacular that allows them to present all sorts of stats about how much retailers are selling, picture the mad crowds, increase their…
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Thoughts From the Beach
Well I’m now safely back Under the Money Tree after a week away in the sun. A small Greek island was our destination for what turned out to be an amazingly relaxing break from the daily grind. Despite my best intentions to use some of the down time to create some wonderful posts, the lure…