French holiday homes under attack
In a move certain to anger the 200,000+ Brits who own property in France, newly elected President François Hollande has announced he is set to significantly […]
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Wealth Planning
Pension Rules for Safeguarding Workers – the new law has come into effect
Workplace pensions reform law came into effect from 1 July 2012, marking the start of the new duties which will eventually see employers automatically enrol
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Received an email from HMRC – guidance issued on how to spot bogus emails
The Inland Revenue (HMRC) have issued further a press release warning tax payers about possible fake or ‘phishing’ emails sent out by fraudsters, and guidance
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The Company Car – is it time to consider lower emission vehicles?
For many years now HMRC have increased the tax costs for the company car driver and the employer. Not only by increasing the income tax
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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