Equitable Life tax bonus
If you are due, or have already received, compensation in respect of the Government’s maladministration of Equitable Life pensions and policies you may be interested …
Wealth Planning
Furnished Holiday Lets
Does your holiday home qualify as a Furnished Holiday Let (FHL) property? And if it does, what are the tax advantages? Does your property qualify? …
Pensions – Auto-enrollment
Under the new workplace pensions law that comes into effect from October 2012, certain types of workers must be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme …
How many more U-turns?
In my last blog I mentioned the need for us to wait for the consultation papers on ‘relief capping’ in the summer to see whether …
Lobbying does pay!
In the past few days a number of national newspapers have been crowing about the part they and their readers have played in getting …
Discretionary fund management not exempt from VAT
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has surprised discretionary fund managers with an unexpected decision not to exempt DFMs from VAT. In an opinion statement …
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HMRC to stamp on residential property transactions
How much Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will you pay when you buy residential property in the UK following the Budget? Firstly the extension of …
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HMRC to cap tax reliefs
In an attempt to ensure that higher rate taxpayers make a reasonable contribution to UK tax revenues new legislation is to be introduced from 6 …
Budget 2012
On 21 March 2012, the Chancellor delivered his ‘Budget for workers’. This theme brought an increase in the personal allowance to £9,205 and a reduction …