IHT efficient share investment
12th February 2018 | Posted in Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client by Andrew Marr
Business property relief on shares in unquoted trading companies Most people will be aware that shares in an unquoted trading company…
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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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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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Pension planning where the high income restriction bites
12th December 2017 | Posted in Articles, Private Client by Tom Minnikin
The general rule for pension contributions is that each individual is entitled to an annual allowance of £40,000. Pension contributions of…
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Watch out for long warranty periods in deals!
30th October 2017 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue Nearly all business sales will include warranties. A warranty broadly means that a seller states that something is or…
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Deathbed tax planning from HMRC!
6th October 2017 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client by Laura Hutchinson
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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Bank customer reward…not as rewarding as you may think!
29th September 2017 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
Many of you will have a current account that rewards you with a monthly payment for paying in a certain amount…
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An Entrepreneurs’ Relief muddle … resolved
15th September 2017 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Forbes Dawson
Conflicting tax cases In May we highlighted two Tribunal decisions which looked into the issue of whether certain types of share…
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Credit card charges for tax payments to be scrapped?
8th September 2017 | Posted in Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The issue Accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young has called for HMRC to scrap credit card fees on taxpayers’ bills. The treasury…
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