Quid’s In: How Much Can You Invest Tax-Free?

The UK tax year is about to end, and most people know about ISAs and pensions. But how much could you really invest tax-free if you made full use of every allowance?

From Junior ISAs and SIPPs to dividend and capital gains allowances, we crunch the numbers to find out how much a typical family can shield from the taxman.

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week: What would the ISA allowance be today if it had kept pace with inflation?

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