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What Businesses Need to Know Before 2027

For years, one of the biggest challenges for technology companies has been the lack of consistency in how states tax...

What are Education Credits and Deductions Every Student Should Claim? 

Key Takeaways  Education tax credits directly reduce your tax bill, while education deductions reduce your taxable income. Credits generally provide greater tax...

Is Claiming Social Security Early at 62 Actually the Right Move? — My Money Blog

A major retirement decision is when to start claiming Social Security benefits. There are many ways to visualize the decision...

Does Social Security Change If You Move States?​

Key Takeaways  Moving to another state generally does not change your Social Security benefits because Social Security is a federal program based...

Sales Tax vs. Income Tax: Why Your State Bill Feels So Different

Key Takeaways  Sales tax vs income tax comes down to spending versus earnings. Sales tax is imposed when you purchase taxable goods...

A Global Guide to Sales Tax & VAT

For many businesses, growth no longer stops at state lines. Whether you're expanding into Canada, Europe, or other international markets,...

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Pubs, clubs and live music venues to get 20% business rates cut

Business rates will be cut by 20% for pubs, clubs and live music venues in England from April 2027. However, the rate cut will not apply to the ‘very largest’ music venues. More details will be announced by the new...

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Klarna Expands BNPL into Lululemon’s European Stores

Having established itself as a major player in online pay-over-time company, Klarna is turning its attention to brick-and-mortar retail. The...

Solving the Distance Bottleneck – Banyan Hill Publishing

If you or someone you love ever needs surgery, you’ll obviously want to use the best surgeon available. But what...

Agentic AI attacks could drive higher cyber claim frequency, experts warn

“Generally speaking, cyber coverage has nothing to do with whether an attack was AI-automated or not. Cyber insurance policies provide...

Average fixed rates rise to June levels as lenders rush to reprice: Moneyfacts – Mortgage Strategy

Average fixed-rate mortgage prices are back to June levels as more than a dozen lenders repriced this week, according to...

BBVA Brings Spain into the Fold for Swift’s New Instant Payments

BBVA has become the first Spanish bank in its home market to join Swift’s new instant retail payments scheme, putting...

Investing in the Boom Times

A reader asks: Investing during the boom times seems like it should be easy. But investors are dealing with the...

Mortgage

Santander UK’s mortgage book up £35.7bn after TSB deal – Mortgage Strategy

Santander UK reported a sharp increase in its mortgage book after completing its acquisition of TSB. Mortgage balances rose to...

Landlord gross yields strengthen during Q2: Paragon – Mortgage Strategy

Overall gross rental yields strengthened to 7.02% by the end of June, compared to 6.96% at the end of Q1,...

Gen H lowers prices, Keystone withdraws fixed rates – Mortgage Strategy

Gen H has made rates decreases after the lender announced that swap rates have decreased. The lender has decreased all...

Rents reach new high in Q2 as supply of homes limited: Rightmove – Mortgage Strategy

Average rents outside London rose by 1.9% over the second quarter after a fall in the supply of available properties,...

More than 96% of investors expect a Burnham tax raid – Mortgage Strategy

More than 96% of investors expect Andy Burnham to raise taxes over the next year, a new poll has found....

06 July to 10 July – Mortgage Strategy

This week’s top headlines: Barclays chops rates by up to 66bps amid further lender cuts and families could face £120,000...