Articles by Andrew Marr
Andrew’s expertise lies in bespoke tax planning for owner managed businesses and non-domiciled individuals and he has a successful record of dealing with a number of complex tax enquiries and HMRC negotiations. He also has extensive experience of offshore tax structures which he advises on and implements. He trained in tax with Deloitte in London before moving to the North West and spending nearly seven years at BDO LLP in Manchester before becoming one of the founder partners of Forbes Dawson in early 2012.
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New way for preference shares to jeopardise Entrepreneurs’ Relief
17th May 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue A key requirement for shareholders to enjoy Entrepreneurs’ relief (ER) is that they have owned 5% of the ordinary…
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Top slicing relief – latest developments
1st May 2019
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
Those of you who deal with insurance bond encashments will know the legislation is extremely complex. If you read the provisions…
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Another Entrepreneurs’ Relief blunder!
12th April 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue This week we report on another tale of Entrepreneurs’ Relief woe that has arisen in the case of Philip…
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Can an EIS investment ‘convert’ residential capital gains tax rates into non-residential rates?
5th April 2019
Posted in Articles, Private Client, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue It is well known that EIS investments provide the ability for capital gains to be deferred until the EIS…
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Take stock of your provisions
22nd March 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue As far as stock is concerned, the accounting treatment will generally drive the tax treatment and HMRC is happy…
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SDLT on incorporation?
15th March 2019
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue When a business is incorporated, people are generally aware of the various capital gains tax reliefs available (e.g. section…
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HMRC threatens follower notices on loan write-offs
8th March 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
The issue Before Finance Act 2010 made amendments to the legislation there was a fairly widespread piece of tax planning in…
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Bank your tax-free perks before 6 April
1st March 2019
Posted in Articles, Employment Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue Since April 2016 employers have been able to provide any number of small (limited to £50) perks to their…
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Homelessness no excuse for failing to file a tax return!
22nd February 2019
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The case HMRC’s decision to fine a homeless man for failing to complete his tax return on time has been described…
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HMRC put a spotlight on phoenixing
8th February 2019
Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue On Monday HMRC issued the following ‘spotlight’: www.gov.uk/guidance/attempts-to-avoid-an-income-tax-charge-when-a-company-is-wound-up-spotlight-47 Key points are as follows: This is quite general and is…
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