Year-End Tax Planning – Reducing Your Tax Bill 2016
26th February 2016
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
A little planning can go a long way. The period leading up to 5 April is one of the best times…
Read more
Flat rate allowances for subsistence waste VAT!
1st February 2016
Posted in Articles, Employment Tax, Featured Articles, VAT by Forbes Dawson
The Issue It is fairly common practice for companies to provide flat rate subsistence allowances for staff who are away from…
Read moreDecember seminar – The widening income tax and capital gains tax divide
9th December 2015
Posted in Articles, Practice News by Forbes Dawson
Our latest seminar, ‘Tax Planning for the Entrepreneur’ was held on 8 December 2015 at the Worsley Marriot Hotel. As a…
Read moreAutumn Statement 2015
25th November 2015
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Corporation Tax, Employee Incentive Arrangements, Employment Tax, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, International Tax, Private Client, Property Tax, Tax Risk and Investigations, Trusts and Estates by Forbes Dawson
There was much negative speculation about today’s Autumn Statement. This was fed in part by the fairly dramatic budget in July…
Read moreTax 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 more
