The great pension 70.5% tax raid of 2024

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!

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?

‘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?

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

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

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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