22 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson |
In a report published on 14 December 2011, the Law Commission has put forward its recommendations to reform the intestacy rules and the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
When...
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19 December 2011 | Michael Oberwarth
The Charities Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 14 December 2011 and will come into force on 13 March 2012.
This new Act repeals and consolidates all charity legislation: the Recreational Charities...
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12 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson
A parliamentary commencement order will bring sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011 into force on 1 February 2012. These sections incorporate...
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6 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson
There have been a couple of interesting developments concerning two blogs I posted a few weeks ago, concerning plans for the integration of UK income tax and national insurance, and possible EU legal action...
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28 November 2011 | Iain Donaldson
The Government has set out its plans for the reform of income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs.)
In March 2011, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its interim report on the...
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23 November 2011 | Iain Donaldson
On 4 July 2011, the Dilnot Commission on Funding of Care and Support published its report on the adult social care system.
In its coalition agreement, published in July 2010, the Government stated that...
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15 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick
The tax loophole that allows goods costing less than £15 to be imported from the Channel Islands will close from 1 April 2012, the Government has announced. The aim is to allow small UK businesses to...
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15 November 2011 | Iain Donaldson |
In a move that will be of interest to people who have assets or property in Spain, the European Commission has referred Spain to the European Court of Justice because its inheritance and gift tax provisions...
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15 November 2011 | Iain Donaldson
The Government announced last week that Conservative peer Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts will lead the review of the Charities Act 2006.
The aim of the review is to:
* Understand how the Act is operating...
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8 September 2011 | Shimon Shaw
The news is full of tax talk. This is partly because a group of economists, including two former members of the Bank of England's policy committee, DeAnne Julius and Sushil Wadhwani, signed a joint...
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