Inheritance tax – Post-mortem relief for quoted shares
13th May 2022
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Michael Hodgson
The issue With the cost-of-living crisis, the war in Ukraine and the prospect of a global recession, the UK stock markets…
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Can excess cash in a company reduce inheritance tax (IHT)?
1st April 2022
Posted in Articles, Business Property Relief by Andrew Marr
The issue Business Property Relief (BPR) is a valuable relief which can provide full relief from IHT in respect of trading…
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Business property relief (BPR) and the ‘binding contract trap’
21st January 2022
Posted in Articles, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Michael Hodgson
The issue BPR is an important inheritance tax (‘IHT’) relief which many business owners will rely on as part of their…
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Pre-sale Inheritance Tax planning
29th October 2021
Posted in Articles, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Laura Hutchinson
The issue Despite previous consultations on the possible changes or ‘simplification’ of Inheritance Tax (‘IHT’), no changes were made during this…
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Use loans for an inheritance tax (IHT) ‘halfway house’
1st October 2021
Posted in Articles, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
The issue From a purely tax perspective, IHT exposure can be limited by reducing the assets held at death. As such,…
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Spanish property tax traps
18th September 2020
Posted in Articles, IHT, International Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Many UK individuals own Spanish property and for many this has been a dream, the realisation of which proves…
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Are you really married?
20th March 2020
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Islamic marriage Islamic faith marriages are not valid under English law, the Court of Appeal has ruled and as a result…
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Financial meltdown creates opportunities
13th March 2020
Posted in Articles, IHT by Forbes Dawson
The issue World stock markets are in disarray and anything which could act as an enjoyable distraction is being cancelled. There…
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Budget 2020
11th March 2020
Posted in Articles, Budget by Forbes Dawson
Today’s Budget was hotly anticipated, with many commentators expecting the Government to refocus its attention on the ‘domestic tax and spend…
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HMRC secret unit targets family investment companies!
28th February 2020
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
The issue There have been a few articles in the press over the recent weeks about a secret HMRC unit working…
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