Search

Some context

In an article published in the October 2016 issue of Tax Adviser I discussed forthcoming changes to the rules governing the treatment of individuals not domiciled in

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, sometime Professor of Divinity in residence at Queens’ College Cambridge, wrote at the end of the fifteenth century to a friend that ‘You must acquire the best know

For many the family home will be a valuable, if not the most valuable, asset that they own.

Residential property has been highly politicised for some time, and successive governments have grappled with the ‘housing problem’.

A trust is a separate legal entity, as for example companies are, however the similarity stops there with a new range of vocabulary, tax regimes and implications on beneficiaries to be considered.

Making gifts is a simple way to reduce a taxable estate and mitigate an otherwise inevitable inheritance tax bill.

If you have looked at Schedule 15, FA 2016, you may have decided already that evening classes in e=mc2 would be preferable to the task of trying to understand the algebra in this Schedule (e.g., E

Practical approach to a Business Property Relief problem

Let us consider a scenario. Mr E is a successful entrepreneur who has built up a business manufacturing widgets.

In the current climate, there’s probably a danger that the CIOT will be accused of some form of ‘geography avoidance’ if I don’t get one thing straight.

Is there something I should know?

The calculation of the ten year anniversary Principal Charge is something of a bête noire for many of us who deal with such charges only a few times each