Prepare for VAT issues before property auctions
4th January 2019 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Property Tax, VAT by Andrew Marr
The issue If you get involved in buying a commercial property at auction then there is a good chance that such…
Read more
Avoid Christmas party BIK hangovers
21st December 2018 | Posted in Articles, Employment Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue Christmas parties are not a taxable benefit for employees if the costs are kept within £150 per head. Actually,…
Read more
£1 elections may not take capital allowances off the table
7th December 2018 | Posted in Articles, Capital Allowances, Corporation Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue When a property is sold it is quite common for the vendor to insist on a £1 ‘section 198…
Read more
Transfer pricing rules are no longer automatic for tax havens
3rd December 2018 | Posted in Articles, Corporation Tax, Featured Articles, International Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Generally transfer pricing rules only apply to UK companies which are in small or medium groups by reference to…
Read more
Surrendering a final salary pension scheme could make sense
23rd November 2018 | Posted in Articles, Employment Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
The Issue There is an ability for final salary pension scheme beneficiaries to convert their pensions into other types of scheme….
Read more
Budget sting in the tail for research and development
16th November 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, R&D by Andrew Marr
The issue Apparently, HMRC identified £300m in frauds by ‘artificial corporate structures’ relating to research and development tax credit claims. Broadly,…
Read more
Entrepreneurs’ relief withdrawn for alphabet shares?
9th November 2018 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue Before 29 October 2018 (budget day) it was fairly common knowledge that various conditions needed to be met for…
Read more
Autumn Budget 2018
30th October 2018 | Posted in Articles, Budget, Featured Articles by Forbes Dawson
Autumn Budget 2018 In his Budget speech yesterday Philip Hammond marked the ‘ending of austerity’. It is fair to say that…
Read more
Forsyth’s family gets a ‘Brucie bonus’
26th October 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
The issue It has widely been reported that Sir Bruce Forsyth’s will left all his estate to his wife to avoid…
Read more
Guard against VAT on private school fees
19th October 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client, VAT by Andrew Marr
The issue It is now being widely rumoured that VAT will be applied to public school fees, which is currently generally…
Read more
