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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...English, it means the government tops up your pension, which is great. Say you are a basic rate taxpayer and you put £80 into your pension of your own cash – what actually happens is £100 goes in. That’s because if you earn £100 you’ll only see £80 of it after tax, so the government puts the £20 difference in your pot. For most people, all tax relief will...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...English, Wales and Northern Ireland (Gov.UK, 2018): in 2018/19 the first £34,500 (after the basic allowance has been taken into account) is taxed at 20% above this figure and up to £150,000 of taxable income, the rate is 40% there is an additional rate of 45% on taxable incomes over £150,000. Since 1999 Scotland has had some discretion over its income tax rates. These...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...English system of common law, is described as adversarial, or accusatorial. Spencer and Flin (1993, p.75) summarise such systems: In an accusatorial system each side presents a case before a court the function of which is limited to deciding who has won. The judges have nothing to do with the preliminary investigations, give no help to either side in presenting its case,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs