Saffery Champness lands HMRC heritage expert
People In Practice

Saffery Champness lands HMRC heritage expert

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Saffery Champness lands HMRC heritage expert

Mick Downs joins Safferys after nearly 20 years at HMRC Read More...

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Government to freeze IHT threshold to pay for care
Personal Tax

Government to freeze IHT threshold to pay for care

13y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Government to freeze IHT threshold to pay for care

The health secretary is to hold the inheritance tax threshold for several years, in order to pay for improved social care for the elderly Read More...

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Advisers seek £30,000 tax fighting fund
Accounting Firms

Advisers seek £30,000 tax fighting fund

13y Kevin Reed , Writer

Advisers seek £30,000 tax fighting fund

Francis Clark seeks to raise funds to take Pawson case to the Court of Appeal Read More...

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Knee + jerk = government's tax strategy
Corporate Tax

Knee + jerk = government's tax strategy

13y Accountancy Age

Knee + jerk = government's tax strategy

Conflicting signals and back-tracking are the biggest sins that a government can commit when it comes to tax, says Andy White Read More...

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Tax simplification: Not so simple
Corporate Tax

Tax simplification: Not so simple

13y Nick Huber

Tax simplification: Not so simple

The Office of Tax Simplification has made some progress, but government has so far shied away from radical reforms to the tax system Read More...

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Don't overlook these tax reliefs
Corporate Tax

Don't overlook these tax reliefs

14y Accountancy Age

Don't overlook these tax reliefs

Make sure your clients are aware of these important but less well-know, tax reliefs Read More...

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Charitable giving
Personal Tax

Charitable giving

14y Accountancy Age

Charitable giving

CIoT chairman of succession planning Martyn Gowar looks at changes to inheritance tax Read More...

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Tribunal ruling to extend farmer's relief
Personal Tax

Tribunal ruling to extend farmer's relief

14y Jaimie Kaffash

Tribunal ruling to extend farmer's relief

HMRC has said it will not appeal a tribunal decision to allow agricultural relief for farmhouses Read More...

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OECD economist proposes 'revolutionary' property tax
Personal Tax

OECD economist proposes 'revolutionary' property tax

14y Jaimie Kaffash

OECD economist proposes 'revolutionary' property t...

Pier Carlo Padoan calls for property tax based on market values Read More...

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Inheritance tax consultation hopes to boost donations
Personal Tax

Inheritance tax consultation hopes to boost donations

14y Rose Orlik

Inheritance tax consultation hopes to boost donati...

Government plans to boost legacy giving may be furthered with a consultation on the inheritance tax break incentive Read More...

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HMRC carried out 10,000 IHT investigations, firm claims
Personal Tax

HMRC carried out 10,000 IHT investigations, firm claims

14y Jaimie Kaffash

HMRC carried out 10,000 IHT investigations, firm c...

HMRC investigated almost 10,000 inheritance tax claims last year, UHY Hacker Young have claimed Read More...

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Family businesses "unaware of tax liabilities"
Corporate Tax

Family businesses "unaware of tax liabilities"

14y Jaimie Kaffash

Family businesses "unaware of tax liabilities"

One-third of family-run SMEs are unaware of their IHT and CGT liabilities, according to a PxC report Read More...

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Budget2011: Inheritance tax divides the experts
Personal Tax

Budget2011: Inheritance tax divides the experts

14y Rose Orlik

Budget2011: Inheritance tax divides the experts

Inheritance tax changes in today's budget have divided experts, with some welcoming the revisions and others arguing government is avoiding the issue ...

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Courts open up tax advisers to negligence claims
Personal Tax

Courts open up tax advisers to negligence claims

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Courts open up tax advisers to negligence claims

Protection afforded trust tax advisers has dissipated after new court ruling Read More...

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Give and take
Personal Tax

Give and take

15y Accountancy Age

Give and take

Government plans will do little to help charities without changes to tax law Read More...

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IR35 and income tax/NI top advisers' bugbears
Administration

IR35 and income tax/NI top advisers' bugbears

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

IR35 and income tax/NI top advisers' bugbears

Office of Tax Simplification roadshow events highlight advisers' and SMEs' main issues with the UK's tax system Read More...

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Disclosure rules could halt IHT avoidance schemes
Administration

Disclosure rules could halt IHT avoidance schemes

15y Paul Grant

Disclosure rules could halt IHT avoidance schemes

From April, HMRC will require families to disclose property placed in trust as a means of avoiding inheritance tax Read More...

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Think tank's tax shake-up gets cool reception
Administration

Think tank's tax shake-up gets cool reception

15y David Jetuah

Think tank's tax shake-up gets cool reception

Profession highlights flaws in the Institute for Fiscal Studies sweeping tax reform paper Read More...

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Wine investors must beware IHT misunderstanding
Personal Tax

Wine investors must beware IHT misunderstanding

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

Wine investors must beware IHT misunderstanding

Wine investors missold how inheritance tax rules work on their purchases Read More...

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HMRC's loses inheritance tax appeal against Earl of Balfour
Personal Tax

HMRC's loses inheritance tax appeal against Earl of Balfour

15y David Jetuah

HMRC's loses inheritance tax appeal against Earl o...

Taxman fails to convince judges that the late Earl of Balfour was not entitled to business property relief when he passed on his substantial holdings...

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Smith & Williamson raise inheritance tax red flag on holiday lets
Personal Tax

Smith & Williamson raise inheritance tax red flag on holiday lets

15y Accountancy Age

Smith & Williamson raise inheritance tax red f...

Treatment of holiday lets should be consistent across the tax spectrum, including inheritance tax Smith & Williamson experts say Read More...

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£9bn of tax to be ‘overpaid’ by Britons this year
Personal Tax

£9bn of tax to be ‘overpaid’ by Britons this year

16y Paul Grant

£9bn of tax to be ‘overpaid’ by Britons this year

Study shows tax payers will on average pay £186 too much tax in 2010 Read More...

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PBR 09: Frozen IHT threshold is backward step
Administration

PBR 09: Frozen IHT threshold is backward step

16y Santhie Goundar

PBR 09: Frozen IHT threshold is backward step

Freezing inheritance tax is u-turn on earlier promises Read More...

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How to cheat death with thorough record keeping
Accounting Firms

How to cheat death with thorough record keeping

16y Mario Christodoulou

How to cheat death with thorough record keeping

The death of a client could lead to advice being brought under close scrutiny Read More...

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Tax-artifact swap saves 700-year-old documents
Personal Tax

Tax-artifact swap saves 700-year-old documents

16y Mario Christodoulou

Tax-artifact swap saves 700-year-old documents

Penrhyn Castle hands over historic documents in place of tax Read More...

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Taxman defends IHT interest rate hike
Personal Tax

Taxman defends IHT interest rate hike

16y Kevin Reed , Writer

Taxman defends IHT interest rate hike

HMRC hits back at claims changes to IHT interest rates were not consulted on and are unfair Read More...

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Labour claims Tory IHT confusion
Personal Tax

Labour claims Tory IHT confusion

17y Kevin Reed , Writer

Labour claims Tory IHT confusion

Ken Clarke's inheritance tax comments show Tory tax policy confusion, says Labour Read More...

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