Tax & Benefits

Redundancy Help

Step-by-step guide to redundancy

Losing your job can be a huge financial hit, which can affect your ability to pay bills and bring about an urgent need to re-evaluate spending. If you're at risk, there are ways you can protect yourself by planning ahead.

Marriage Tax Allowance

Get a tax break worth up to £1,150

If you're married or in a civil partnership, you may be entitled to a £1,150 tax break called the marriage tax allowance – but around 700,000 couples are still missing out.

Housing & Energy Grants

Find free cash for your home

There's free cash available to help increase your home's energy efficiency or pay your energy bills – hundreds of millions of pounds of it. The key is knowing where to look.

Help With Childcare Costs

Get £1,000s in tax credits & Tax-Free Childcare

Whether you've a wee tot or big teen, the costs of childcare can be massive. Figures show the average cost for part-time childcare is now £127/week. Yet 100,000s of working parents are missing out on £1,000s of help with childcare costs.

Tax Rates 2019/20

Break down what the taxman gets

Nothing's as certain as death and taxes. Yet while there's no doubt we'll all be taxed, the rates can change rapidly. Will you pay income tax at the basic rate of 20% or will you end up in the higher-rate 40% tax bracket (or 19%, 21% or 41% in Scotland)?

Inheritance Tax

Plan to legally save £100,000s on your estate

Inheritance tax can cost loved ones hundreds of thousands in the event of your death, yet it's possible to legally avoid huge swathes of it, or possibly pay none at all.

Confirm your voting details

You have to fill in the Household Enquiry Form by law

Each year every household in the UK is sent a Household Enquiry Form to check the right people are registered to vote.

The Electoral Roll

Being on the electoral roll is vital if you want to vote and can help to boost your credit rating.