What were the budget changes to company reconstructions all about?
28th November 2025
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
On Wednesday, many of you may not have noticed a few changes to anti-avoidance rules relating to company reconstructions, but they…
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Is Labour’s rumoured attack on partnerships justified?
24th October 2025
Posted in Articles, Budget by Ben Foulkes
According to reports in this week’s media, Rachel Reeves is planning to hit partnerships with higher tax charges at next month’s…
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Do knee-jerk lump sum pension withdrawals make sense?
10th October 2025
Posted in Articles, IHT by Forbes Dawson
Once again we are in the season of ‘Budget madness’. This season will run all the way until 26 November 2025…
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Section 455 loophole closed in the Budget
6th December 2024
Posted in Articles, Budget by Andrew Marr
A slightly below the radar announcement was made in the 30 October Budget relating to the closure of a loophole in…
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The great pension 70.5% tax raid of 2024
1st November 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
When Rachel Reeves casually announced on Wednesday that pensions would be subject to 40% inheritance tax (‘IHT’), I was unsurprised. Currently,…
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Strike off while the iron is hot!
25th October 2024
Posted in Articles by Tom Minnikin
Prior to 1 March 2012 it was possible to withdraw reserves from a solvent company that had ceased trading prior to…
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Should non-residential SDLT rates be applied to scruffy dwellings?
7th October 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
‘Tax refund outfits’ have been making hay over the last few years. Their ‘game’ works roughly as follows: 1. Sift through Rightmove…
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Can the 30-day bed and breakfasting rule act as a hedge against an increase in capital gains tax?
1st October 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Before March 1998, ‘bed and breakfasting’ of shares was a generally accepted piece of tax planning. This would work by an…
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Property uplift available for those who leave the UK
2nd September 2024
Posted in Articles, Budget, Capital Gains Tax by Michael Hodgson
After just over 50 days of a new Labour government, the early warning sirens are already ringing for many UK tax…
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Autumn Budget 2021
28th October 2021
Posted in Articles, Budget by Forbes Dawson
To think it has only been six months since the last Budget. The world has since started to get back to…
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