New dividend rates – it could be beneficial to charge the company for use of assets

HMRC issued further details this week on the new tax regime for dividends which will come into force from 6 April…

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Did Osborne’s attack on Entrepreneurs’ Relief work?

The March 2015 Budget contained important changes to the Entrepreneurs’ Relief (‘ER’) rules affecting clients with management holding companies.  Action may…

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Hike in dividend rates from 2016 make capital reductions (even) more attractive

Currently the maximum effective tax rate on dividends is 30.56% but this rate will rise to 38.1% from 6 April 2016….

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You don’t need to own a £1M home to benefit from IHT breaks

Recap In April we outlined proposed rules for IHT breaks for £1M homes. Back then it was thought that couples would…

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Raise a glass to EIS relief!

It was recently reported that sales of English wines could hit £100 million by the end of 2015 (Source: EWP). With…

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Sometimes it is good to use offshore companies

Sometimes it makes sense to use an offshore registered company to carry out UK trading and investment activities.Even though such a…

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Are property investors stuffed?

The recent Summer Budget dealt a sledge hammer blow for property investors…………or did it? The Issue George Osborne has announced that…

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Inheritance Tax Planning for Indian and Pakistani domiciled clients

Those individuals who live in the UK but have a father who was born outside the UK, may have what is…

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Tax Bite – How far back can tax repayments go?

The issue Apparently HMRC can no longer reject income tax rebate claims as ‘out of time’. There may therefore be opportunities…

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New US reporting for foreign entities (FATCA)

We are receiving more and more queries on the new US reporting for foreign entities, FATCA, as banks, insurance bond providers…

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