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Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill is a businessman who has been published on classical economics and on European philology and philosophy.
Expecting unemployment
Ben Bernanke got in his helicopter and showered money around like there was no tomorrow.
Spring Schadenfreude
'The idea of a common market with a common currency is the stuff of economic nonsense' - prophetic words.
The right cuts
The Shadow Chief Secretary of the Treasury was raising hopes the Tories had found someone financially literate, until he opened his mouth.
V is for Volcker
“President Obama! The bankers on Wall Street are running off with the Punch Bowl of Excess, all over again!”
Greece-ing the EU's palms
It’s a familiar story: a corrupt socialist government has lost control of public expenditure. If, Dear Reader, you think I am talking about the UK...
"No we can't!"
Bob the Builder’s gleeful cry “Yes we can!” isn’t matched by Brown the Banker, unfortunately for the UK-taxpayer.
Moneychangers' Revenge
As far as I can detect, these bankers are just a bunch of stock-jobbers and are not the backbone of anything, other than their own ill-gotten riches.
Crown King, bash Brown
When Mervyn King told all these bailed out bankers in Edinburgh that the ‘Too-Big-To-Fail Syndrome’ was the right issue, however, all hell broke loose
Dr Doom and Dr Gloom
Quantitative easing, you see, isn’t reaching those parts that the other stimuli cannot reach.
Unbillable Hours
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Q
I am at the start of divorce proceedings and am concerned about the tax implications. I have heard that you might have to pay capital gains tax on the assets you get as part of the divorce settlement - is this the case?
A
It is a little-known part of the UK tax system but divorcing couples may indeed find themselves subject to capital gains tax. This can happen, for instance, if the marital home is sold as part of the divorce settlement or even in a situation where the home is given to one spouse under the settlement, with no money changing hands.
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