The loan charge review – Christmas come early?
10th January 2020
Posted in Articles by Forbes Dawson
The eagerly anticipated findings of the Independent Loan charge review were released just before Christmas, providing what seemed on first inspection…
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Take another look at company cars
13th December 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax by Forbes Dawson
After the bitter disappointment of no free Wi Fi (!) you may want to take a look at the benefit of…
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Corbyn’s shares for workers scheme
6th December 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Employee Incentive Arrangements by Forbes Dawson
The issue Jeremy Corbyn has made much of his proposal to introduce a scheme whereby employees will receive 10% of a…
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Discharge of a director’s loan account on liquidation is not a write-off!
22nd November 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Capital Gains Tax by Forbes Dawson
The issue There have been various rumours circulating about a HMRC ‘test case’ with the following key points: A director’s loan…
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Corbyn is in and capital gains tax is 50%!
1st November 2019
Posted in Capital Gains Tax by Forbes Dawson
This is not actually true but read on…… The issue Halloween was yesterday, although the spectre of a Corbyn led hike…
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Don’t lose out on tax relief on loans to companies
21st October 2019
Posted in Articles by Forbes Dawson
The issue Generally if you borrow funds to help out your company then you should be able to benefit from tax…
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Potter case and non-trading activities for Entrepreneurs’ Relief purposes
13th September 2019
Posted in Articles by Forbes Dawson
The issue A key requirement for Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) to be available in respect of a share disposal is that the…
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Skinner’s an Entrepreneurs’ Relief winner!
6th September 2019
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Forbes Dawson
Background This week we report upon a welcome defeat for HMRC in the case of The Quentin Skinner 2005 Settlement L…
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The 5 April 2019 loan charge and actions required by 1 October 2019
2nd September 2019
Posted in Articles by Forbes Dawson
Breakdown In 2017 the Government legislated to introduce a charge on outstanding loans from EBTs, EFRBS and other ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes. …
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Conveyancers should be careful when providing SDLT ‘advice’
20th August 2019
Posted in Articles, Property Tax, Stamp Duty by Forbes Dawson
The issue Each year hundreds of thousands of house buyers are ‘advised’ on the SDLT that they will need to pay…
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