How would a wealth tax look?
22nd December 2020
Posted in Articles, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
The issue Last week the Wealth Tax Commission completed it’s findings and concluded that a wealth tax would meet with general…
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New rules for inter-spouse transfers of main residence
4th December 2020
Posted in Articles, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue With all the chaos that was going on, you may have missed a rather subtle change that was introduced…
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Rishi’s coronavirus capital gains tax hike
13th November 2020
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, Coronavirus by Andrew Marr
It has already been widely reported that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, intends to raise more money from capital gains tax (‘CGT’)…
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Is your HMRC enquiry in time?
23rd October 2020
Posted in Articles, Coronavirus, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue HMRC have had a lot on their plate recently with all the coronavirus support initiatives and this may have…
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Retained income and ten year charges
16th October 2020
Posted in Articles, Trusts and Estates by Andrew Marr
The issue In general terms, most trusts established on or after 22 March 2006 are subject to the ‘relevant property’ regime…
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Dividend tax confusion
2nd October 2020
Posted in Articles, Business Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Dividends are generally taxable on the basis of when they are received. This is a basic but important point…
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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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Take care with VAT bad debt relief
11th September 2020
Posted in Articles, VAT by Andrew Marr
The issue For those VAT registered businesses which do not use the cash accounting scheme (most of them), care needs to…
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Tax treatment of repaying CJRS money
31st July 2020
Posted in Articles, Coronavirus by Andrew Marr
The issue There have been many reports of widespread CJRS fraud whereby companies have been making false claims for CJRS or…
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The tax blunders of Mr Khan
3rd July 2020
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The case In Bostan Khan v HMRC [2020] UKUT 0168, the Upper Tribunal (UT) rejected a taxpayer’s argument that a company purchase of…
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