Should I gift my property to my company?
25th August 2023 | Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client, Property Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Tom Minnikin
We were having a debate in the office this week about what is the costliest mistake that anyone had come across…
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Is it OK to breach transactions in securities legislation?
21st August 2023 | Posted in Articles, Business Asset Disposal Relief, Capital Gains Tax, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Transactions in securities legislation (TISL) has been around for a long time and the legislation has gone through some changes, most…
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Trust Registration Service – are you in the know?
4th January 2021 | Posted in Articles, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client, Trusts and Estates by Forbes Dawson
For any private clients who have established trusts, or for professional advisers who handle/administer trusts you need to be aware of…
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Budget 2020 – should you delay your house purchase?
7th February 2020 | Posted in Articles, Budget, Private Client, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue In the run up to the December election Boris Johnson was making much of his plans to reform UK…
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What exactly will Sajid Javid do with Entrepreneurs’ Relief?
31st January 2020 | Posted in Articles, Budget, Business Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
The issue While many entrepreneurs are still in celebration mode after the resounding defeat of Jeremy Corbyn, there may still be…
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Avoid discovery assessments with proper disclosure
19th July 2019 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Discovery assessments Generally a tax payer should have certainty about their tax affairs and this means that HMRC should not be…
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Social media used in tax residency cases
7th June 2019 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, International Tax, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue Since Johnny Hallyday, the famous French singer, died in 2017, there has been a battle over his £89 million…
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Supreme Court says capital gains tax payable on bond disposal
31st May 2019 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue In the case of Hancock v HMRC taxpayers sold their company in return for loan notes of £9.27 million,…
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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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