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Money Box: HSBC credit card glitch; Stamp duty changes; Air Passenger Duty for kids; State pension rises

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06/12/2014

HSBC credit card glitch; Stamp duty changes; Air Passenger Duty for kids; State pension rises

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, HSBC credit card glitch; Stamp duty changes; Air Passenger Duty for kids; State pension rises

Paul Lewis talks to people who have paid a penalty for an error by HSBC.

Paul Lewis talks to people who have paid a penalty for an error by HSBC. Plus the highlights from the Chancellor's autumn statement and the latest state pension rises.

HSBC glitch
We are charging you £12 for not paying what you owed us on time even though we did not send you a statement to tell us what you owed. That seems to be what has happened to xxxx HSBC customers. I say xxxx because when we asked the bank for the number affected it wouldn't go beyond 'some'. Which isn't a number. Hmmm.

Tory Chancellor taxes the rich!
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the average cut in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will be £1500 on 700,000 sales a year and cost £1.1bn. The average increase in SDLT for homes around £1 million and more will be £27,000 on 18,000 sales which brings in an extra £0.5bn. So the net cost - borne by all taxpayers including those who do not own their own home - is £600m. But that will probably rise to £800m after behavioural changes. Who are the winners and losers? And how will it affect the market?

Pensioners' benefits
How much will state pensions rise in April? And why?

Fall of Duty
Children under 12 fly free! Well not quite. But from 1 May they will fly free of Air Passenger Duty in economy which will by then be £13 for short flights and £71 for long haul. If you've already booked that summer 2015 trip with the kids can you get the tax back?

Autumn Statement news in brief
A few miscellaneous tax cuts and changes.

Gas wars
She's my customer. No she's mine! Well I'm sending her a bill for the gas she's used! Well. So am I! Aaarrgghhhh! Who should our listener pay for her gas? Or must she pay them both?

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