The 22% charge on cash in a stocks and shares ISA
From April 2027 cash interest inside a stocks and shares ISA is charged 22%. What that does at each tax band, and when the wrapper costs more than no wrapper.
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From April 2027 cash interest inside a stocks and shares ISA is charged 22%. What that does at each tax band, and when the wrapper costs more than no wrapper.
How to track your net worth in the UK: where the number for each asset and debt actually comes from, and what to do about the ones that don't exist.
Guides say annually, quarterly and monthly, and none show their working. What sets the recording interval, and why no study can set the looking one.
A net worth spreadsheet rarely fails because it got big. It fails when you need a number from the past, and here is how to build one that keeps them.
The 4% rule came from US data. Here's what the research actually found for Britain, and why a UK retirement is a different shape from the one it models.
Your partner's assets, the joint mortgage, the house in one name: what belongs in your net worth, and why the ONS benchmark is a household figure.
Even the ONS can't settle on one way to value a defined benefit pension. Here's a simple, honest method to put a number on yours in your net worth.
The median UK household net worth by age, from the latest ONS data, plus why 'average' misleads and how to read the figure for your own age band.
Should your car count towards your net worth? A UK guide to when to include it, how to value a depreciating asset, and how to treat car finance.
Should your student loan count towards your net worth? A UK guide to Plan 1–5 loans, the 2026/27 interest rates, and why the balance can mislead.
Should your pension count towards your net worth? A UK guide to valuing DC and DB pensions, why the State Pension is different, and what to actually include.
Should your home count towards your net worth? A clear UK guide to the debate: the case each way, why property dominates UK wealth, and a two-number fix.
How a cash ISA actually grows over 10 years at realistic UK rates: what £20,000 becomes, and how the 2027 £12,000 cap changes the calculation.
A plain UK guide to net worth: what counts, what doesn't, why it's a snapshot of position rather than income, and what the figure is actually for.