The IHT sting of EOT receivables
14th November 2025
Posted in Articles by Michelle Hogan
The Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) tax provisions were enacted in 2014, as a way to encourage long-term employee ownership in businesses,…
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The stamp duty problem with ‘new holding company buyouts’
18th July 2025
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
If certain conditions are met, then a nice tax-efficient way of a shareholder being bought out by a company is through…
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Does it make sense to gift ISAs as an IHT planning strategy
10th January 2025
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
Wealthy families often have significant wealth stored in ISAs which they have built up over their lifetime. Although ISAs are a…
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Foreign law matters when a non-UK resident company purchases its own shares
24th May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
In UK law a company can purchase its own shares from its shareholders. The question then arises about how this should…
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What about Luke Littler’s expenses?
12th January 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
There has been quite a lot of recent press coverage about HMRC popping up on Luke Littler’s Twitter (or X if…
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Section 455 planning between associated companies
11th December 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
It is generally well known that a ‘section 455 charge’ will arise if a loan outstanding to a shareholder remains outstanding…
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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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PAYE on employee shares
19th August 2022
Posted in Articles by Michael Hodgson
The issue Usually, when employees are awarded shares, they will have to assess themselves to tax on any value that they…
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Are my dividends tax-free now that I am non-UK resident?
6th May 2022
Posted in Articles by Angela Carey
The issue Non-UK resident individuals can choose for their UK sourced investment income, including dividends and interest, to be disregarded for…
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Section 455 loan charges in MBOs
28th April 2022
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The issue Many of you will know about the CTA 2010 section 455 charge which kicks in when a company has…
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