Entrepreneurs’ relief withdrawn for alphabet shares?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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SME R&D relief and private equity firms
12th October 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, R&D by Andrew Marr
The issue As mentioned in numerous previous tax bites, research and development (R&D) relief continues to be massively generous, particularly for…
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Are universal civil partnerships good for tax?
5th October 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client by Tom Minnikin
Following a June 2018 Supreme Court ruling allowing a mixed-sex couple to have a civil partnership, Prime Minister Theresa May has…
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2018 Autumn Budget date announced
28th September 2018 | Posted in Articles, Budget, Featured Articles by Forbes Dawson
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced this week that this year’s Budget will be brought forward to Monday, 29…
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Banking Entrepreneurs’ Relief on a dilution
21st September 2018 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue In Spring 2018, the Government published a consultation setting out its proposal for allowing shareholders to retain the benefit…
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Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) 3% transitional rules could be your friend
14th September 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
Background The 3% SDLT surcharge broadly bites when a purchaser owns more than one residential property at the end of the…
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Does home working affect Principal Private Residence Relief (PPR)?
10th September 2018 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
Background There seems to be something of a ‘tax myth’ about the capital gains tax position if a home worker sells…
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