Tax and the VW car emissions scandal
20th October 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Employee Incentive Arrangements, Employment Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
By now everyone has heard how VW has ‘totally screwed up’ by rigging emissions tests on diesel vehicles. This has caused…
Read moreAdvance Payment Notices (APNs) are here to stay
28th August 2015
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Forbes Dawson
The High Court has heard a Judicial Review that was looking to challenge whether APNs are lawful. Taxpayers who had received…
Read moreSideways loss relief settlement opportunity
21st August 2015
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Forbes Dawson
What is this? The opportunity covers situations where an individual has made an investment that has resulted in a loss computed…
Read moreNew dividend rates – it could be beneficial to charge the company for use of assets
14th August 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
HMRC issued further details this week on the new tax regime for dividends which will come into force from 6 April…
Read moreDid Osborne’s attack on Entrepreneurs’ Relief work?
12th August 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Corporation Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
The March 2015 Budget contained important changes to the Entrepreneurs’ Relief (‘ER’) rules affecting clients with management holding companies. Action may…
Read moreHike in dividend rates from 2016 make capital reductions (even) more attractive
5th August 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
Currently the maximum effective tax rate on dividends is 30.56% but this rate will rise to 38.1% from 6 April 2016….
Read moreYou don’t need to own a £1M home to benefit from IHT breaks
28th July 2015
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client, Property Tax by Forbes Dawson
Recap In April we outlined proposed rules for IHT breaks for £1M homes. Back then it was thought that couples would…
Read moreRaise a glass to EIS relief!
15th July 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
It was recently reported that sales of English wines could hit £100 million by the end of 2015 (Source: EWP). With…
Read moreSometimes it is good to use offshore companies
15th July 2015
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Non Domicilliaries, Private Client, Trusts and Estates by Forbes Dawson
Sometimes it makes sense to use an offshore registered company to carry out UK trading and investment activities.Even though such a…
Read moreAre property investors stuffed?
15th July 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client, Property Tax by Forbes Dawson
The recent Summer Budget dealt a sledge hammer blow for property investors…………or did it? The Issue George Osborne has announced that…
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