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The fiscal year ends in a month - and it ends with an opportunity to make tax-free. In this, the first of our three-part series indispensable Isa, Financial Mail describes your options for the lower risk of savings in the form of: Cash Isas.

Isas are like any other savings accounts, with one exception attractive - the interest earned is tax free. It's the little simple. But with the banks, which have a way of turning even the simplest question in a financial minefield of jargon, everything else is a bit more complex.

Some Isas offer higher rates, but they are stimulated by short-term incentives. Others have taken and will not accept transfer Isas from previous years. In addition, investors should be aware of strict rules on transfers, which are employees of the branch, even unlikely to understand.

In the past, providers, including Barclays, Halifax and Nationwide have difficulty opening and transfer cash Isa quickly, so you need to know your rights if things go wrong.

Rex Lawson is a fan of cash Isas and has taken full advantage of allocation taxfree each year since their launch in 1999.This means that Rex, 72, retired manager for a large engineering company, Halifax, West Yorkshire, has a pot worth over £ 70 000 Isa, Tessa including a transfer, the principal and interest earned. But with interest rates so low, Rex has to work to find the best prices.

The difference in interest paid between the best and worst paid cash Isa could mean the loss of about £ 2,000 on the balance sheet total of Rex in a single year. This is based on the difference between the rate at only 0.1 per cent and the best one year fixed rate of 3.1 percent.

Rex is not alone in wanting the security of cash savings.Despite the growth of stock markets in recent years, research by discount broker Willis Owen found that we are more cautious than this time last year. The global economic uncertainty means that 40 percent of consumers favor the cash savings over the shares, up from 33 percent last year.

Rex, who now works full time the boating lake and pitch and putt course, golf in a local park, supports fixed rates. He has accounts in Yorkshire, the country and building societies in Leeds, among others.

"I'll take the time to trawl the market to find the best buys-allocation for next year and I'll transfer my existing Isas where possible," he said.

Combining accounts

Ok, this is my last question for the day. I have a Chase Visa that was a originially Bankoni which was originally a FirstUSA. I also have a Chase Mastercard has always been Chase. The Chase Mastercard has a fixed APR of 5.9%. The old card is attached to Bankoni unusual rate of 12.24%. My question has two parts. First, is it possible to cancel visas and add this line of credit on my card from 5.9%? Second, my Visa card is my next oldest. If I cancel, will lose this card hurt my FICO old (I have a card that is a bit more)? Thank you as always.

-Hank Reardon

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Only Chase can tell you if you can transfer credit limits on these two cards in particular. Call and ask!

Your account closed even after the account established for the FICO scoring models until they scroll through your credit report in seven years. So, yes, you will eventually have a low FICO score if you close the account. Why not reassign the boundaries and leave the account open?

reallocation limit is certainly the way forward, and my wife and I have used it for a higher limit on the card with the most favorable terms. (Also, as a quick way by which to pass increases in credit greater than what would be granted to an account with Chase.)

However, the poster does not face the obstacle of having a balance on the old account higher. The best remedy, there will be to transfer that balance to another bank under a BT offer favorable terms.This is more advantageous for the transfer to the account less effective rate using a combination of account.

In general, the best conditions are obtained by BT to open a new account, often providing a prolonged period of rate updates, and possibly no fee BT.