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It is general knowledge that residents of the United Kingdom are typically not savers. They tend to spend much more than they save; according to studies, saving money is not as popular as it once was. Saving is extremely important to the quality of life you expect to live in the future. Think about it, what would happen if your car suddenly quit working? What would you do if the heater or refrigerator within your home just decided to give up one day? Imagine a situation where an emergency occurred and you had to travel immediately for some reason, what would you do?

Saving your money within an account can be an excellent source of immediate funds for an unexpected emergency. It makes a great deal of sense to simply put away money into an interest bearing account for these types of events, instead of having to take out a loan or bill a credit card for them. If you do either of these things will result in more debt and higher interest payments. Many experts believe that you need to set your priorities in the right direction and you should attempt to, over time, save an equal to your salary over a three month period.

Many people may find this a lot of money to put back when bills need to be paid, that is fine, consider saving as much as you possibly can without setting yourself into a deeper hole. If you simply saved 100 a week over a three-month period you would have saved 1,200 (not including any interest accrued), that would likely pay for a broke refrigerator or a significant amount on a new or repaired heater. There are many different types of savings accounts that you can consider, some of which do not require substantial deposits.

Typically, a banking institution will access a tax on the interest prior to adding it into your savings account, for example a taxpayer at the basic rate level will be accessed twenty (20) percent, while a taxpayer at a higher rate will be accessed forty (40) percent. For those who do not pay taxes, no taxes are deducted from the interest. For those who are non-taxpayers, you will be required to fill out a R85 form, this will allow you to avoid the taxes and receive the total interest accrued on the account.

One thing people should definitely consider is an ISA (Individual Savings Account), the government of the United Kingdom, created these types of accounts in efforts to encourage residents to save their money. In this account, they allow you to save your money in an amount of 3,000 or less yearly, that will be considered tax-free.

Big Savings With a Low Intro Card, If You Can Follow The Rules. All of Them.

A common term you might hear in commercials or read in a print ad is ‘low intro.’ Those two words mean that a particular credit card has a lower interest rate when you first get it than it will after some time passes. The most commonly advertised low intro feature, in my experience, is something along the lines of this: ‘and this fantastic credit card is not only guaranteed to make you more attractive, but IT HAS A 0% APR FOR THE FIRST 12 MONTHS!!’ You’ve heard the latter part of that hundreds of times, I guarantee it. All it means is that, if your credit is delightful, you get a year of no interest on whatever your unpaid balance is. It’s shocking how few people know that.

Low intro is more of a feature a credit card can have rather than an actual category of cards, as the majority of available credit cards have a low intro interest rate. Of course it sounds good, and is good if you can get approved for it, but you might be asking just what exactly is the point. Is it just a marketing term that could save you a few pounds but mostly just dazzles the uninformed? Sometimes. Are people impressed by it without knowing what it means or even if they can get it? Usually, yeah. Does it have any actual benefit? Yes, potentially quite a bit.

A very beneficial side of a card with a low intro interest rate is that, if it’s rate covers balance transfers, as a few do, you can shift all of your debt to this one card that temporarily has very little or no interest, instead of on your other cards that are about to cost you a limb and two vital organs each. For each hundred pounds shifted to a low introductory rate card you can save around 12.50 a month. Nothing special until you multiply the 12.50 by 40 to cover the balance on your recent redecorating efforts then multiply by the number of months the intro rate continues. Now we are talking serious savings.

Low intro cards without balance transfers can help as well if you have a lot of spending sprees coming up and you want to only make the minimum payments on them. Be cautious, though, because that is a pretty bad habit to start. If you don’t get back to heavier payments when the low intro period ends, you might find yourself in a soup kitchen wearing your tee-ball jersey from first grade and a newspaper for underwear. Or you might just get charged a hundred pounds or so more than you’d like. Either way, avoid reckless payment-making after the intro period ends by paying down the balance each month.

Another tip; don’t get a low intro card because a telemarketer or letter or popup ad tells you it has 0% APR. Shop around for a reputable bank issuing a quality card. These will likely have easier terms to adhere to during the intro period. As with everything involving credit, low intro cards should only be acquired if you’ve done your research and read the fine print.