Is it OK to breach transactions in securities legislation?
21st August 2023
Posted in Articles, Business Asset Disposal Relief, Capital Gains Tax, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Transactions in securities legislation (TISL) has been around for a long time and the legislation has gone through some changes, most…
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Divorce and Capital Gains Tax (Should I stay, or should I go now?)
26th July 2022
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, Principal Private Residence Relief by Phil Skrynski
As discussed in our Tax Bite of December 2020, it has always been a cruel outcome that divorcing couples who fail…
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Convert a property to a furnished holiday let?
13th June 2022
Posted in Articles, Business Asset Disposal Relief, Capital Gains Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Normally a residential rental property would be subject to a 28% capital gains tax (CGT) rate on its disposal….
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Main residence dilemmas in divorce cases
27th May 2022
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Normal ‘no gain, no loss’ inter-spouse transfer rules still apply in the year that a couple separates. In subsequent…
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A badly structured SPA can harm your capital gains tax position!
20th May 2022
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Michael Hodgson
The issue Would you rather sell your company for £8 million with the obligation to repay its £1 million debt, or…
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Remember the EMI grant notification deadline
29th April 2022
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue Most of you will know about the tax benefits of EMI options. As a quick recap these ‘special’ options…
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Capital gains tax uplift on death
16th March 2022
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Laura Hutchinson
The issue You may be familiar with the favourable tax treatment, whereby assets held at death attract an uplift to market…
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Tax efficient student property
4th February 2022
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue There is an incentive for parents to ‘put’ income into their children’s hands in order to access lower tax…
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HMRC loses transactions in securities case
28th January 2022
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Transactions in securities legislation (TISL) is what HMRC uses to combat capital transactions where they think that a shareholder…
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No PPR relief for traders!
3rd December 2021
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, Principal Private Residence Relief by Andrew Marr
The issue Principal Private Residence (PPR) relief generally allows taxpayers to keep gains arising on the disposal of a property which…
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