Articles by Laura Hutchinson

Laura is one of the founding members of Forbes Dawson. She has been working in the field of private client tax for over 20 years, specialising in inheritance tax planning, UK and offshore trusts and tax advice for non-UK domiciliaries. She provides proactive, bespoke advice in an easy to understand way, despite the complexity of the tax system in these areas.

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Capital gains tax uplift on death

The issue You may be familiar with the favourable tax treatment, whereby assets held at death attract an uplift to market…

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Clarity on earlier bond encashments

The issue “Everyone loves a top-slicing relief calculation”, said nobody ever. Calculations for tax payable on onshore and offshore bond encashments…

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Pre-sale Inheritance Tax planning

The issue Despite previous consultations on the possible changes or ‘simplification’ of Inheritance Tax (‘IHT’), no changes were made during this…

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More ways to ‘Skinner’ capital gain

The issue HMRC have recently successfully appealed a decision of the First Tier Tribunal in respect of a trust’s ability to…

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Divorce and capital gains tax (Should I stay or should I go now?)

The issue When spouses separate, probably the last thing on their minds is tax. However, a considerable capital gains tax liability…

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Countdown to the offshore tax disclosure deadline

Urgent action to be taken You will have seen previous tax bites explaining the benefit of coming clean on any previously…

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Offshore tax disclosure deadline looms

Three months remain… There are now only three months remaining for clients to tidy up their offshore tax affairs before the…

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Deathbed tax planning from HMRC!

GAAR HMRC’s guidance on the tax general anti-abuse rules (‘GAAR’) makes interesting reading because they kindly set out certain juicy bits…

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Changes to the taxation of non-domiciliaries post 6 April 2017

As announced in Summer Budget 2015 there will be a significant change to the tax treatment of non-UK domiciliaries and their…

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Not all U.K. bank accounts subject to inheritance tax

The Issue Although UK domiciled and UK deemed domiciled individuals are subject to inheritance tax (IHT) on their worldwide assets, individuals…

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