24 Apr, 2024 IFS calls on the government to scrap or cap fundamental IHT reliefs to raise revenue By Rosie Todd The Institute for Fiscal Studies published an article last week which highlighted three IHT reliefs it believes should be targeted to...
23 Nov, 2023 Autumn Statement 2023 By Laura Walliss For the past few weeks the news has been littered with suggestions of tax changes the Chancellor of the Exchequer was considering making...
13 Jun, 2023 The Pandora Papers - HMRC offers the chance to disclose irregularities By Laura Walliss Back in 2020 and 2021, nearly 12 million files were released detailing offshore structures created on behalf of wealthy individuals in...
19 Apr, 2023 Budget reflections a month on - what are clients asking about? By Rosie Todd With the dust having settled after last month’s Budget, what seems to be preoccupying our clients? Certain topics crop up again and again...
25 Jan, 2023 VAT on property sales - ready for 1 February 2023? By Sarah Cardew If you want to charge VAT on the sale or letting of a property, generally you have to opt to tax that property, by making the decision to...
21 Jul, 2022 What does the future hold for UK tax policy? By Rosie Todd The press is awash with speculation about the possible tax policies to be pursued by either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss. Perhaps when...
26 Apr, 2022 Labour announce (again) that they would abolish non-dom status By Laura Walliss Following the recent hullabaloo over the revelation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife had been claiming non-dom status, it is fairly...
14 Apr, 2022 Re-domiciliation of companies gets a cautious thumbs up but with more consultation to follow By Rosie Todd The government has this week provided an update about its consultation on the introduction of a UK re-domiciliation regime. The...
02 Mar, 2022 The OTS - what does the future hold for tax simplification? By Rosie Todd I'm very pleased to have been personally invited to comment on the Office of Tax Simplification's current review. Given the sheer volume...
17 Feb, 2022 Is Britain closed for business? By Laura Walliss Although the rumour that the Home Office was planning to discontinue the Tier 1 Investor Visa has been all over the news for the last day...
01 Dec, 2021 Those concerned about big changes to IHT and CGT can breathe a sigh of relief - for now... By Laura Walliss When "Tax Day" was first announced by the Chancellor, it seemed to have ominous overtones - were we in for an annual dropping of tax...
18 Nov, 2021 HMRC debtors: Teasing out the can't pay from the won't pay... By Katie Philipson With 2.4m more taxpayers in debt to HMRC since early 2020, the challenge of working out the 'can't pay' from the 'won't pay' tax debtors...