Falling house prices mean Inheritance Tax refunds for many
2nd August 2019 | Posted in Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue London house prices have dropped so much in value over the past year that anyone who has inherited a…
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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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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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Rights issues and business property relief (BPR)
2nd July 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
The issue Business property relief (BPR) is an important relief which fully exempts certain assets from inheritance tax (IHT). One of…
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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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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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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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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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The New Trust and Estate Register – a further untimely headache for professional advisers
22nd September 2017 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Rebecca Bedford
Previously when new trusts were created they only had to be registered with HMRC if they had a UK tax reporting…
Read moreSurplus cash in a trading company (too much of a good thing?)
4th August 2017 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Forbes Dawson
Surplus cash problem Surplus cash in a trading company is not always a good thing! Its existence can impact upon the…
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