What happens when partnership profits are not paid?
14th November 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Generally, a partnership return should include the taxable profits of the partnership along with details of how this is allocated to…
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Is a single year of non-residence enough to escape UK tax?
6th November 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Years ago some taxpayers would seek to ‘wash’ out dividends from their companies by becoming non-UK tax resident for a single…
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Why a cut in the basic rate of tax could hurt landlords
30th October 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Many landlords have felt somewhat shafted by tax legislation for a while now. The restriction of tax relief on finance costs…
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Pay fees upfront to take the sting out of private school VAT
20th October 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Once again, we face the prospect of VAT being applied to public school fees, which is currently generally not the case…
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Maximise rate at which corporate losses are relieved
13th October 2023
Posted in Articles, Corporation Tax by Andrew Marr
From 1 April 2023 the main rate of corporation tax increased from 19% to 25%. Before this date, all companies paid…
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Portugal’s ‘peri peri’ good tax deal may be closing…
6th October 2023
Posted in Articles by Angela Carey
One increasingly common way for individuals to limit their tax exposure is for them to go non-resident. Emigration can be particularly…
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Consider using the personal item remittance exemption
29th September 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The remittance basis of taxation, although its accessibility has been curtailed in recent years, allows certain non-domiciled individuals to only be…
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Maximising Business Asset Disposal Relief – but beware the IHT!
25th September 2023
Posted in Articles by Michelle Hogan
Since the reduction of the lifetime limit to £1 million, for capital gains attracting Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR), business owners…
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Sugar’s not so sweet tax bill
15th September 2023
Posted in Articles by Michael Hodgson
The Sunday Times recently published an article claiming that Lord Alan Sugar had tried to avoid paying £186m in tax, by…
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Use preference shares to ‘turn on’ BADR for goodwill on incorporation?
11th September 2023
Posted in Articles, Business Asset Disposal Relief by Forbes Dawson
Before changes in the 2015 Finance Act, it was fairly common for sole traders and partnerships to sell their trade and…
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