Gosling's Grouse - This is the 'house!' that tax built

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So is it now more tax efficient to invest in a game of bingo than make a pension contribution or start an Isa?

I tried to find an accountant to work this out for me, but they are all figuring out how to help the ‘bankers’ with their million quid bonuses. I have got to admit it I did not even know there was a duty of 22% on bingo, so the fact it is down to 20% was a revelation to me. My only experience of bingo was watching a game on holiday last year and seeing two middle-aged blokes almost coming to blows over who had won the £40 prize. In fact, neither of them had as they had not actually completed the card and the prize went to a 10-year-old instead. It might have been interesting had th...

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