New Book Offer 16th June 2016
My book is now available on Amazon Kindle. It retails at £4.99 but I have arranged with Amazon to make it available free on Thursday 16th June so I suggest that you download it then at https://goo.gl/L8U4w6. Your review would…
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Warning: Contains at least one rock band and five astonishing tax cases
‘Temporary Non-UK Residents: Tax Traps & Planning Opportunities will be published on Amazon later this week. It is intended for the general public but will also be a useful first port of call for accountants, solicitors and other professionals who…
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Capital Gains Tax order of reliefs – EIS applies before Taper Relief
While capital gains tax taper relief is long gone its effects still surface occasionally, so it is worth noting the Case of Stolkin v HMRC ([2016] EWCA Civ 447) which concerned the order in which reliefs are applied. Stolkin is…
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New book on Temporary Non-Residence
My first book will be published on Amazon next week. It is intended for the general public but will also be a useful first port of call for accountants, solicitors and other professionals who may only infrequently come across clients…
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“We work longer for the government than medieval serfs had to work…” – Tax Freedom Day
Last Friday was the first day of the year when British taxpayers stop working to pay their taxes and start earning for themselves. Known as Tax Freedom Day, from today taxpayers have paid all their taxes for the year, according…
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Investors lose tax relief over innocent error
One can certainly sympathise with the appellant, X-Wind Power v HMRC, in a recent tax case. X-Wind Power were seeking to obtain clearance for seed enterprise investment relief which is aimed at start-up companies and comes with 50% tax relief…
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