Dodd’s planning leaves diddy IHT bill
16th March 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
The national papers have made much of Ken Dodd ‘having the last laugh’ by marrying Anne, his partner of 40 years…
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Beware of disapplied VAT option to tax
9th March 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, VAT by Andrew Marr
Option to tax ‘disapplications’ When a commercial property is sold the default position is that this will be exempt for VAT…
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The dark side of ISAs
23rd February 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
Individual savings accounts (ISAs) are well known as a highly tax efficient savings wrapper. In 2017/2018 tax payers can invest up…
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Employee shareholder status (ESS) shareholders hate corporate restructuring!
16th February 2018 | Posted in Articles, Employee Incentive Arrangements, Employment Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
Background ESS was an arrangement under which employees entered into agreements to vary their employment rights in consideration for the receipt…
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Lower SDLT for mixed use properties
2nd February 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Property Tax by Forbes Dawson
The issue With more people looking to escape to the country, we have been seeing more clients who purchase rural properties…
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Tax-efficient university fees
26th January 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue University fees and living costs can come to £20,000 per annum. As students are generally too busy working hard…
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Dodgy excuses and expense claims
19th January 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
Excuses Every year, following the 31 January self-assessment (SA) deadline, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) receives a number of interesting excuses…
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The new improved Substantial Shareholdings Exemption
12th January 2018 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Corporation Tax, Featured Articles by Forbes Dawson
The Substantial Shareholdings Exemption (‘SSE’) was introduced in 2002 as part of the government’s drive to make the UK a better…
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Heterosexual men marry for tax reasons!
9th January 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
As reported in the news last week, two Irish men have married in Dublin to avoid paying €50,000 in inheritance tax…
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Take a gamble on Bitcoin
22nd December 2017 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
I am sick of reading about Bitcoin and its exponential rise! It is currently standing at $18,000, having been $630 when…
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