Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
income tax,
income,
trusts,
refunds,
Rachael Dronfield,
dividends,
discretionary trusts,
interest
A little-known change to income tax will have major repercussions for beneficiaries of some trusts, says Rachael Dronfield, Tax Manager at Grant Thornton.
Friday, August 20, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
reduce,
strategies,
minimize
The capital gains tax (CGT) changes in the Emergency Budget have been covered in some detail over the past six weeks but, as the dust settles, what CGT planning strategies are available to enable individuals to protect and maximise personal and family wealth?
Thursday, August 19, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
HMRC,
offshore,
tax havens,
disclosure,
penalties,
Offshore Disclosure Facility,
NDO,
amnesty,
evasion,
medical,
Grant Summers
With hundreds of billions of national debt and a dwindling workforce at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the Government is instigating campaigns to refill the public purse in the fastest way possible for the least cost. The consequence, says Grant Summers, is a series of campaigns that exclusively favour particular sections of society.
Monday, August 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: statistics,
tax planning,
survey,
data,
divorce,
solicitors,
pre-nuptials,
pre-nups,
matrimonial,
family law
Grant Thornton’s annual Matrimonial Survey (now in its seventh year) is out and shows that people seeking divorce in 2009/10 have been all out of love – with men guilty of hiding the money. Here are some of the bulletpoints…
