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Could an Isa tax raid really cap savings at £100,000? Plus Bank of Dave's Dave Fishwick on his Netflix hit

This is Money Podcast

This is Money

Business News, Business, Investing, News

4.1650 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

An astonishing idea for an Isa tax raid was outlined by the Resolution Foundation this week, with the proposal that tax-free savings and investments should be capped at £100,000.

No more aspiring to be an Isa millionaire, it would be £100k and out under this plan.

It said that the nominal money out toward not taxing Isa interest, gains and dividends should instead go in the direction of encouraging those without savings to build up a pot.

Is that a good idea, would it be a fairer way of doing things, and is there any conceivable way this could actually happen? On this podcast, Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert discuss the proposal and whether it has any merits.

Spoiler alert, Simon strongly disagrees and says this would also perpetuate even greater intergenerational unfairness. Find out why.

Also on the show, the team delve into a new American Express and BA card that's been dubbed the best deal ever for Avios points, but are they worth collecting?

Sam North, of eToro, joins us to talk through what's been going on in markets over the past week and why newly confident investors had their confidence shaken.

Helen fills us in on a very depressing Crane on the Case where Scottish Widows only offered a reader £250 after they were denied their dying wish by its failure to pay out their pension on time.

On a much lighter note, why have we been researching the bleeding obvious this week and testing whether putting a jumper on means you could really save money on your energy bills?

And finally, we are joined by long-time friend of This is Money, Dave Fishwick, who talks to Simon about the Netflix movie about Bank of Dave and what it's like to see your life portrayed on screen.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to This Is Money podcast. I'm Georgie Frost and joining me and editor Simon Labber today is Deputy Editor Helen Crane.

0:10.3

And coming up, he wouldn't dare, would he?

0:13.7

Calls for the Chancellor to cap the total amount we can save tax-free in ISIS at 100 grand.

0:19.9

The current system benefits the rich, say the Resolution Foundation,

0:23.3

and changey it could save the government a billion a year, but will Mr Hunt heed the calls?

0:28.5

Also today is this the best Amex and Avis deal ever? British Airways launches a new credit card

0:34.1

that gives you eight free flights just for signing up. So what's the catch? Crayne is back on

0:40.3

the case this week. I'm afraid it's not a happy tale, but can our Helen help? Plus, you really do

0:46.1

love these questions, so we deliver. How much money does putting on a jumper really save on your

0:51.9

energy bills? We put it to the thermometer test and forget Harry and Megan,

0:56.6

the Bank of Dave film is out on Netflix.

0:59.9

Simon has an exclusive with the man himself.

1:03.0

Dave, that is, not Harry.

1:05.2

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1:07.5

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1:28.7

But first, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is being urged to dramatically cut what we can hold in tax-free ISIS.

1:35.0

A report by Think Tank, the Resolution Foundation, estimates the government could raise around a billion a year in taxes by capping the total amount at £100,000.

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