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Is it time to switch your Isa?
Features With interest rates remaining at rock bottom, more than a million savers are earning just 0.1% on their cash ISAs. So what can you do to get a better deal on your savings? And should you give up on ISAs all together? Ruth Jackson explains.
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Over 50s: beware of ISAs aimed at you
Merryn's Blog From tomorrow, new tax-free savings limits kick in for anyone aged 50 or over on 5 April 2010. Banks have rushed out special ISA accounts for the over-50s, but you'd probably be better off with a normal ISA.
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Tax advice of the week: Take advantage of new Isa rules
Features Anyone who will be 50 or over before 5 April next year should take note of new rules on Individual Savings Account which raise the tax-free savings limit.
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Are you getting the best Isa deal?
Features Ruth Jackson find the best place to open a tax-free individual savings account, plus four more money-saving tips.
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Should you abandon your Isa?
Features Individual Savings Accounts have long been heralded as the best place for your savings. But low interest rates mean some experts now say that you could earn more in a standard savings account, despite the tax advantages of an Isa. So is it time to ditch your Isa? Ruth Jackson investigates.
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Tax advice of the week: make the most of new Isa limits
Features If you invest in your Isa via monthly contributions, you can start reaping the benefits of the Chancellor's new limits now.
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Savers: use your Isa
Features To have any chance of keeping up with inflation, you need to protect as much money as you can from the taxman. The easiest way to do that is with a cash ISA, says Ruth Jackson.
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Don’t neglect your Isa allowance
Features You've probably been more worried about minimising losses from tumbling share prices than shielding profits from tax in recent days. But you should still be sure to use up your ISA allowance by 5 April.
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The one thing you should put in your Isa this year
Features Don't fall for the fund managers who put about the idea that Isas must be bought from them. From stocks to ETFs, Merryn Somerset Webb reveals some of the best investments to put in your Isa wrapper this year.