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2015 has been something of a year of change in the world of property tax and the Property Taxes Technical Sub-Committee has made a number of representations to HMRC and HM Treasury as a result.

The capital gains tax exemption on the disposal of a person’s only or main residence (which is in most cases automatic), had been fairly settled and subject to few changes since the consolidating T

The Principal Private Residence relief (‘PPR’) provided to individuals on the disposal of their main residence is probably the most commonly claimed and known of reliefs within the capital gains le

The Government is under increasing pressure to improve the availability and quality of housing in the UK.

In March 2013 the government asked the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to review the taxation of partnerships.

A valuation of the goodwill of a two-partner firm of chartered accountants was required in connection with the transfer of part of the business to a company.

It was interesting reading Chris Jones’s President’s page in last month’s Tax Adviser on the challenge faced by ATT and CIOT in trying to protect the reputation of the tax profession and how we mig

The latest CIOT/IFS debate took place on Monday last week at the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in central London and focused on ‘the politics of tax change’.

I am sure I am not alone in the range of perceptions about the UK tax system that I encounter regularly.

The great thing about tax is that it is constantly changing so there is never a shortage of topics to develop into training seminars.