How are PETs taxed when value falls?
23rd January 2026
Posted in Articles by Forbes Dawson
A potentially exempt transfer (PET) is a gift that will ‘potentially’ be outside a donor’s estate for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes….
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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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When inheritance tax can be helpful in a company purchase of own shares
27th June 2025
Posted in Articles, Business Asset Disposal Relief, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
On a purchase of own shares by a company the default position is that any profit over and above the amount…
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What should you do with AIM portfolios?
30th May 2025
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
Up until 5 April 2026 AIM portfolios that have been held for two years will benefit from full inheritance tax (IHT)…
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What options are there for AIM shares after the October budget?
31st January 2025
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
Acquiring AIM share portfolios has been a tempting inheritance tax (IHT) planning opportunity for many years. This is because once they…
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Don’t give up on EMI schemes too quickly!
15th November 2024
Posted in Articles by Adam Sutton
Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes provide a tax efficient way of incentivising key employees with share-based rewards. Typically, an EMI scheme…
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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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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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