3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) surcharge and linked transactions
5th July 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
We recently considered a scenario where a property development company was considering acquiring a £3m house for development purposes. More accurately,…
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SDLT on in specie distributions
26th June 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
There are often cases where it is beneficial to transfer assets from one company to another as a distribution. When property…
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Child’s occupation of ATED property can lead to a nasty surprise
14th June 2024
Posted in Articles by Marianne Cain
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (‘ATED’) is a yearly charge applying to high-value residential property which is held by a…
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Be very careful when transferring property loans in a section 162 incorporation
7th June 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Property business incorporations have been quite topical recently. The tax blogger Dan Neidle has attacked various mass marketed planning strategies in…
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Abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief does not prevent reclaims being made
31st May 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
On 6 March 2024 the Chancellor announced that Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) was to be abolished from 1 June 2024 (unless…
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Foreign law matters when a non-UK resident company purchases its own shares
24th May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
In UK law a company can purchase its own shares from its shareholders. The question then arises about how this should…
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Don’t forget about employee shareholder capital gain tax exemption
17th May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Employee shareholder status (ESS) was introduced on 6 April 2013 and was a very generous employee share incentive. Broadly it involved…
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Can you utilise your pensions annual allowance for a tax year where you have no earnings?
10th May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Most people are aware of the annual allowance which exists for pension contributions. In years up to 2022/23 the annual allowance…
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Take a cheap mortgage from your company!
3rd May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Perhaps surprisingly, HMRC has announced that the official rate of interest (ORI) for employee loans will remain at only 2.25% for…
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Spread bet your way to a tax-free remittance?
30th April 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The remittance basis of taxation can apply to non-UK domiciled individuals. This means that in certain tax years they could escape…
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