CGT: Cryptic, garbled, terrifying

Capital gains tax. It was big news before the Budget, and it’s still big now. What do you need to know?

Renting and raving

The recent story of the previous Chief Secretary to the Treasury may have been an unfortunate set of circumstances or deserved comeuppance, depending on your point of view. However, tax brains never stop, and there are some points about property income and tax which not everyone knows, so here follows some vanilla-flavoured basics.