Cashpoints: Tax error amnesty for those owing less than £300

Tax error: Those who owe more than £300 could have up to three years to pay. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian



This week's top stories

• As part of an effort to sort out anomalies in the past collection of tax, anyone who has been undercharged up to £300 in the past six tax years will have it written off, while those who owe more than £300 could have up to three years to pay.





• House prices edged ahead by 0.2% during August as activity in the market remained subdued, latest figures show. The increase follows one of 0.7% in July and reverses most of the falls seen during the previous three months, leaving house prices at a similar level to the end of last year





• BT has launched a mobile app for broadband customers that automatically connects their iPhone and Android mobiles to free, unlimited Wi-Fi. The BT FON app, which is only available to BT Total Broadband customers, notifies users of the nearest Wi-Fi hot spots.





• Do you have any feedback on any of these issues that you want to get off your chest? Email us at money.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk





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Work investment. Work investment. Work investment. I can say it a hundred times and my wife will have a go at me for giving in to gadget lust.





Fact is, I need to upgrade the old kit because that's what the market demands. If I'm getting less wedding photography work it's because people are plumping for photographers who can offer the fully monty: bells, whistles and video too. But I can't offer the video because my trusty old Canon doesn't do the latest format of big-screen HD footage … Read the article in full here





Ask the experts: Homebuying



Question of the week: "We could afford our mortgage if interest rates rose by a few per cent, but when should we think about fixing?"





Our homebuying expert Virginia Wallis says: "The trouble with trying to predict what will happen to interest rates is that you can't. However, I would be tempted to stick with your current deal …" Read the answer in full here





• Any questions? Email our panel of experts on financial concerns, consumer gripes, legal wrangles, debt worries and career-related problems at money.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk





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