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19 Dec 2024
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

From all of us here at Thorntons Wealth, we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We wish you and your loved ones a very safe & happy festive period. Thank you for your continued support over the past year, and we look forward to working with you in 2025.

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5 Dec 2024
The Scottish Budget 2024

The Scottish Budget 2024

2024 was the third consecutive year in which the Scottish government was forced to undertake an emergency budget review. In a statement on 3 September, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Shona Robison,  announced “support [for] the 2024/25 Budget totalling almost £1 billion, of which up to £500 million are direct savings”. The Scottish Budget 2024

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14 Nov 2024
Post Budget 2024 Webinar: Key Financial Planning Insights

Post Budget 2024 Webinar: Key Financial Planning Insights

In case you missed it, Head of Financial Planning Chris Forde and Financial Planner Phil Annand held a webinar yesterday covering some of the key issues of the Autumn Budget 2024. What We Covered: Capital Gains Tax: Updates that may impact asset sales and tax-efficient planning Pensions and Allowances: Important revisions affecting retirement strategies Inheritance…

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31 Oct 2024
Autumn Budget 2024

Autumn Budget 2024

The first Budget from a Labour government since March 2010, and the first ever from a female Chancellor, proved to be the defining event that had been widely anticipated. From the moment in late July when Rachel Reeves unveiled her “£22 billion black hole” and announced means-testing for the winter fuel payment, it was clear…

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22 Apr 2024
Go Green for Earth Day

Go Green for Earth Day

April each year is Earth Month, with Earth Day taking place today, April 22nd. This is all about raising awareness and encouraging action to support environmental projects and initiatives. But, if we are serious about combating climate change and its impacts, then more and more of us need to get on board and actively engage….

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7 Mar 2024
Budget 2024

Budget 2024

The early trailers in January 2024 for what is probably Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s last ‘fiscal event’ featured Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promising “more to come” on tax cuts.  At the time, Mr Sunak’s bullish viewpoint puzzled some commentators because the Treasury had yet to receive even an initial assessment of the UK’s financial health from…

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1 Feb 2024
Meet the Financial Planning Team

Meet the Financial Planning Team

We arranged for a photographer to attend our Dundee office in December to take a team photograph as we wanted to help clients see the support that is available to them across our team.  Not everyone was available to attend for the photograph due to remote working or holidays however we managed to capture most. …

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8 Jan 2024
Tax Tip Planning

Tax Tip Planning

The final article in our series of Tax Planning Tips 2023/24. To see how we can help, please click here to get in touch.    Feed employees with free or subsidised food in a staff canteen. Where the food is available to all employees, or all who work at a particular site, there is no…

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13 Dec 2023
Tax Tip Planning

Tax Tip Planning

The penultimate article in our series of Tax Planning Tips 2023/24. To see how we can help, please click here to get in touch.    Choose the most tax-advantageous structure for your new business. When starting a new business venture, it can be difficult to predict the level of income it will generate. If losses…

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22 Nov 2023
Tax Tip Planning

Tax Tip Planning

The fifth article in our series of Tax Planning Tips 2023/24. To see how we can help, please click here to get in touch.    Plan to maximise your inheritance tax (IHT) nil rate band on death. Everyone has a nil rate band of £325,000 on which no IHT is charged. If you have children,…

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