Naming and shaming tax cheats
As one of several measures to curb tax avoidance, rules will be introduced from 1 April to post the names of tax dodgers on the HMRC website. This was announced previously but HMRC have just confirmed...
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Personal Tax
This team specialises in tax-led planning, including domicile and off-shore issues. We advise corporates, owner-managed businesses and LLPs on structuring, succession and tax issues. The team has a particular reputation in dealing with complex issues involving tax and trusts and will find the most cost effective structure to meet the client’s needs.
We have a particular focus on developing and implementing innovative tax planning solutions for high net worth individuals and their businesses including Capital Gains Tax mitigation in relation to the sales of assets and businesses; advising on Inheritance tax Mitigation in relation to both Will planning and lifetime strategies; advice to non resident/non domiciled individuals with a view to mitigating their exposure to UK Taxation; and advice provided to onshore and offshore trustees.
Our specialist SDLT experts, working alongside our residential property team will also guide you through the best structure for buying and selling your real estate assets.
Key team contacts
Iain Donaldson 01923 215048
iain.donaldson@mablaw.com
James Odds 01923 215038
james.odds@mablaw.com
Latest news and views about Personal Tax
RSSPlanning for the 50% rate of tax – buy to let investors
The last decade saw the rise of the private buy to let landlord. Many of these properties are jointly owned by spouses or civil partners. Without proper tax advice, the rental income will default to...
Framework to provide greater certainty on tax policy
The Treasury has today published a draft Tax Framework for business. This is intended to provide greater certainty for large businesses about the Government's approach to the development of tax policy....
Happy New Year
Happy new year to all those celebrating the start of the Year of the Tiger.
I will be celebrating the Year of the Tax Hike, which is due to start on 6 April.
Anyone with a better name, please share...
Tax Health Plan
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has introduced its inappropriately named “Tax Health Plan” which is an opportunity for medical professionals such as doctors, medical specialists, surgeons and consultants...
Liechtenstein whistle blower case opens floodgates to litigation
The Liechtenstein bank LGT Treuhand (now known as Fiduco Treuhand) has been ordered to pay €7.3m to one of its customers, to compensate him for being prosecuted for tax evasion in Germany.
Heinrich...
HMRC concessions on offshore bank accounts
There has been clarification by HMRC on the taxation of certain capital gains tax losses from transactions on foreign currency bank accounts as well as two new concessions.
The losses referred to...
Cross Option Agreements – Protecting You and Your Business
It may not be a comfortable thought, but at some point a business may be confronted by the critical illness or death of one of its founders. Have you considered what might happen to your company if you...
Pre Budget Report – what does it mean?
Today’s PRB was fairly boring. Unless you are a bank. Or a banker. Or a shareholder of a bank (which I suppose includes all of us).
So let’s get the bankers out of the way before looking at...
