Informed Choice Radio Personal Finance Podcast Martin Bamford

The clock is ticking, with the self-assessment tax deadline coming up this Sunday, 31st January 2021.

With the deadline looming, millions of people will be scrambling this week to finalise the information needed to complete and file their tax returns.

Pauline Green is Head of Product Compliance at Intuit QuickBooks, and I spoke to her ahead of the deadline to discuss what you need to know about self-assessment this year.

In this episode of Talking Money from Informed Choice Radio; an indication that the house price boom might be over; TikTok influencers talking utter rubbish about trading stocks; and the closure of more local bank branches.

Welcome to episode 4 of Talking Money, with Martin Bamford and Hannah Godfrey.

Funeral costs have risen again in the past year, now up nearly 40% in a decade.

We talk about the latest Cost of Dying report from insurer SunLife and why death needs to be less of a taboo topic.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued as strong warning to anyone investing in crypto assets, including Bitcoin; you could lose everything!

Welcome to episode 4 of Talking Money, with Martin Bamford and Hannah Godfrey.

At the time of recording this episode, the UK and EU still don’t have a trade deal for the end of the transition period.

Martin and Hannah come from opposite sides of the Brexit debate, but they agree that starting 2021 without a trade deal is bad news for our money.

We’ve heard this week that some sectors risk the double-whammy of redundancies due to the pandemic and losing jobs as automation becomes more widespread

What does an international tax lawyer think about the introduction of a one-off wealth tax in the UK?

The Wealth Tax Commission has published proposals to bring in the tax as a way to balance the public books following the coronavirus crisis.

Marilyn McKeever is a partner at BDB Pitmans in their private wealth team, specialising in international and UK tax planning.

With V-Day this week and the start of a mass vaccination programme to bring the coronavirus under control, what do 'covid cards' mean for your rights to work, travel or enjoy a drink in the pub?

We also chat about plans to ban younger players from the National Lottery, as part of a broader reform of gambling legislations.

And will the mysterious metal monoliths appearing across the world turn out to be a PR campaign? We look at attitudes towards brands based on their behaviour during the pandemic.