Bespoke - for private clients
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
offshore,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
tax avoidance,
tax havens,
domicile,
non-dom,
Naomi Smith,
tax haven,
tax evasion,
IHT planning,
discretionary trusts,
tax saving,
offshore trusts,
offshore investment wrappers,
investment income
As HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) steps up its mission to prevent British taxpayers illegally evading tax by holding their investments offshore and ‘forgetting’ to report them on their tax returns, we look at two legitimate opportunities to save tax through offshore set-ups: offshore investment wrappers and offshore trusts.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Day in the life,
Green,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
investment,
HNWIs,
Grant Thornton,
HNWI,
pensions,
wealth,
Bespoke,
magazine,
insight,
wealth management,
Bespoke magazine,
trusts,
subscribe,
interviews,
publications
The latest issue of Grant Thornton’s Bespoke magazine is out now and comes packed with lifestyle features, tax perspectives and wealth management issues, and other hot topics facing high earners and high net worth individuals in the UK. Here’s what you’ll find in our latest issue and how to join our mailing list.
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Thursday, December 01, 2011 | Posted by: Mike Hyland
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
income tax,
trusts,
Mike Hyland,
inheritance,
minimise,
Family Limited Partnerships,
estate planning,
succession,
family wealth,
family investment company,
investment company,
relevant property,
10-year charge,
FIC
Trusts are less tax-favoured than ever before since the trust taxation changes and the introduction of the 50% income tax rate. Could family investment companies provide a better alternative for wealthy families?
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