Can share cancellation schemes save stamp duty?
11th October 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
In its ‘stamp taxes on shares manual’ HMRC has the following to say on ‘cancellation schemes’: Under this scheme, the Court…
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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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The trouble with rescindable contracts
16th August 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Once again taxpayers are quaking in their boots about the prospect of a possible increase in capital gains tax. The most…
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What’s so bad about bridging loans in a section 162 incorporation?
26th July 2024
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Andrew Marr
The use of bridging loans in a section 162 incorporation have recently incurred the wrath of tax blogger, Dan Neidle (famous…
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Don’t forget about employee shareholder capital gain tax exemption
17th May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Employee shareholder status (ESS) was introduced on 6 April 2013 and was a very generous employee share incentive. Broadly it involved…
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Double trouble when winding down unwanted offshore property structures
5th April 2024
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Andrew Marr
It used to be common practice for non-domiciled individuals to hold UK residential property through an offshore company. That way, a…
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Capital gains tax and stamp duty land tax (SDLT)
29th January 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Forbes Dawson
There seems to be quite a lot of misunderstanding about the tax implications of property exchanges. Many people appear to have…
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Why a cut in the basic rate of tax could hurt landlords
30th October 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Many landlords have felt somewhat shafted by tax legislation for a while now. The restriction of tax relief on finance costs…
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Maximising Business Asset Disposal Relief – but beware the IHT!
25th September 2023
Posted in Articles by Michelle Hogan
Since the reduction of the lifetime limit to £1 million, for capital gains attracting Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR), business owners…
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Sugar’s not so sweet tax bill
15th September 2023
Posted in Articles by Michael Hodgson
The Sunday Times recently published an article claiming that Lord Alan Sugar had tried to avoid paying £186m in tax, by…
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