Official Money Resources by Country
Every guide on this site cites official bodies. This page collects them in one place — the regulators, tax authorities and government-backed services worth trusting over anything you read online, including us.
Financial rules are national and they change. When you need the authoritative answer for your own country — a current tax threshold, a deposit-protection limit, whether a firm is authorised — go to the official source. These are the bodies we verify our guides against.
Check it is authorised on your regulator's own register, using contact details from the register rather than from the firm. Scammers routinely clone genuine, registered companies.
United States
- US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — consumer rights, complaints, plain-language guides
- US Internal Revenue Service — federal tax rules and current figures
- US Investor.gov (SEC) — investing basics and adviser checks
- US AnnualCreditReport.com — the official free credit report source
- US FDIC — deposit insurance limits and bank lookup
- US FTC — report fraud and identity theft
United Kingdom
- UK MoneyHelper — free government-backed money guidance
- UK GOV.UK — tax, benefits, pensions and official services
- UK FCA Register — check a firm is authorised before dealing with it
- UK FSCS — deposit and investment protection limits
- UK Action Fraud — report scams and cybercrime
Canada
- CA Financial Consumer Agency of Canada — rights, budgeting and credit tools
- CA Canada Revenue Agency — tax rules, RRSP and TFSA limits
- CA CDIC — deposit insurance coverage
- CA Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre — report fraud
Australia
- AU ASIC's MoneySmart — independent guidance and calculators
- AU Australian Taxation Office — tax and superannuation
- AU Scamwatch — current scam alerts and reporting
New Zealand
- NZ Sorted — independent money guidance and calculators
- NZ Inland Revenue — tax and KiwiSaver
- NZ Financial Markets Authority — check providers, scam warnings
Ireland & the EU
- IE CCPC — consumer and competition protection, money tools
- IE Revenue — Irish tax authority
- EU ESMA — EU securities markets authority and investor warnings
Free debt help
If you are struggling with debt, free regulated advice exists in most countries and is always preferable to paying a company for help. Start with the consumer body for your country listed above — each either provides debt guidance directly or points to accredited free services. Getting help early gives you more options.
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