Monthly Archive: September 2016
30th September 2016
Recent debates about fairness in the UK tax system have tended to centre on tax rates as they have traditionally done. It makes for good political headlines whether one is increasing or decreasing tax rates and headline rates translate easily…
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27th September 2016
The government will publish its Autumn Statement on 23 November 2016. This week’s blog will see four posts on what someone might expect to see over the next four or five years by way of reforming our overly complex tax…
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26th September 2016
The government will publish its Autumn Statement on 23 November 2016. This week’s blog will see four posts on what someone might expect to see over the next four or five years by way of reforming our overly complex tax…
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21st September 2016
HM Revenue & Customs has commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct an independent survey to assess what motivates people to set up trusts, to help them understand the impact of policy changes in this area. Ipsos will give £50 to each…
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20th September 2016
The Finance Bill 2016 received royal assent on 15 September 2016. Draft clauses for the Finance Bill 2017 will be published on Monday 5 December, and will remain open for comments until 30 January 2017.
16th September 2016
Another case illustrating that it is not a good idea to where businesses are concerned for an owner to follow a succession plan and then backtrack on that plan on later personal inclination or circumstances. In Moore v Moore, 2016 EWHC 2202…
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6th September 2016
An unannounced amendment to the Finance Bill, under which gains from certain property disposals will be charged to income or corporation tax rather than capital gains, should not adversely affect buy-to-let investors, according to the National Landlords Association. The government…
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