04/02/2025
And, with clients and advisers working to maximise their savings, use their allowances and refresh their plans before the tax year-end, now is the perfect time to have these discussions.
04/01/2025
The state pension is currently set at £11,502.40 – just £1,067.60 below the personal allowance threshold of £12,570.
03/27/2025
That leaves the UK potentially only one year away from pensioners having to effectively hand a portion of their state pension back to the Exchequer in tax, which to many would seem perverse.
03/26/2025
Tax rules mean UK government debt portfolios are equivalent to 7% cash savings accounts for higher earners.
03/20/2025
The DTA allows the Swiss network of double taxation agreements to be expanded into Southern Africa.
03/17/2025
Relocating to Spain can be highly lucrative for professionals due to tax advantages.
03/17/2025
"Previously, small farms could be passed down through generations without IHT liability."
03/12/2025
Women still shoulder a far greater amount of caring work than men
03/06/2025
Fiscal pressures on the Chancellor grow
02/21/2025
The upcoming reforms to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Relief could force more family farms and small enterprises into difficult decisions about their futures.
02/21/2025
This rise in IHT receipts contributed to gross HMRC tax and national insurance contribution receipts rising to £719bn in the period ending January 2025.
02/19/2025
HMRC launched 430 new criminal investigations into suspected tax evasion in 2023/24
02/18/2025
Among the wealthy, confidence in the economy has fallen to 48 per cent, down from 84 per cent just six months ago.
02/18/2025
That’s money that we could be using to fill potholes, fund schools and hospitals, improve access to the police and ensure GPs are accessible.
02/18/2025
For dual nationals, if none of the above lead to a clear answer, the US and UK tax authorities will agree between them how to tax the individual.
02/10/2025
The Court of Appeal held that payments made by the taxpayer to settle a regulatory investigation were not penalties and thus were fully deductible.
02/07/2025
The total disclosed deal value also rose from €36.3bn in 2023 to €52.0bn in 2024 – with 10 deals above €1bn in value last year.
01/29/2025
The implementing jurisdictions should also be able to check whether the tax calculations of MNE groups are correct.
01/24/2025
Robson will be left with a hefty tax bill after losing part an appeal at the First Tier Tax Tribunal.
01/24/2025
Unfortunately, there are many potential investors who are missing out, largely due to a lack of awareness about the schemes.