Monday, November 26, 2012 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: HNWIs,
predictions,
personal allowances,
pension tax relief,
competitiveness,
, anti-avoidance
How will the 2012 Autumn Statement affect high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and high earners in the UK? Francesca Lagerberg, Grant Thornton UK’s Head of Tax, makes some predictions…
Thursday, July 26, 2012 | Posted by: Mike Hyland
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
IHT,
Mike Hyland,
shares,
sale,
BPR,
Entrepreneurs' Relief,
Business Property Relief,
Entrepreneurs’ Relief,
non-trading assets,
holdover relief,
company sale,
HMRC clearance,
trading company,
trading status,
investment assets
There are a number of reliefs that can help company owners mitigate capital gains tax (CGT) on selling or giving away their shares, and inheritance tax (IHT) on their death or on a gift into trust. A general requirement for all of these reliefs is that your company or corporate group must be ‘trading’. Here I’ll explore what this means and how the position might be optimised.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
Francesca Lagerberg,
VAT,
tax avoidance,
budget,
GAAR,
residence,
predictions,
personal allowance,
stamp duty land tax,
luxury goods,
budget2012,
non-doms,
pension tax relief,
mansion tax,
SDLT,
50% tax
How are high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and high earners in the UK likely to be affected in next week’s Budget? Francesca Lagerberg, Grant Thornton’s Head of Tax, makes a few predictions, from pension tax relief to a potential new VAT on luxury goods.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 | Posted by: Mike Hyland
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
income tax,
IHT,
tax relief,
trusts,
Mike Hyland,
money,
minimise,
main residence,
school fees,
incorporation,
settlor,
mortgage interest,
trustee
Welcome to a new occasional blog series for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) and high earners in which we answer your burning financial questions. This month, tax manager Mike Hyland is asked about incorporating a business, tax relief on school fees and other money-saving issues.
Thursday, February 09, 2012 | Posted by: Chris Tysoe
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
income tax,
Entrepreneurs' Relief,
Entrepreneurs’ Relief,
Chris Tysoe,
liquidation,
closing down a company,
striking off,
ESC C16,
shareholder,
share capital,
dissolution,
company distributions,
payment of capital,
extraction of funds,
winding up,
Extra Statutory Concession
Time is of the essence for anyone seeking to extract funds from a company in the process of being struck off. From 1 March 2012, new legislation may bring higher tax liabilities on any payments out of the business before it is dissolved.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
links,
tax planning,
HNWIs,
HNWI,
wealth,
Bespoke,
blog,
wealth management,
best,
2011,
wealth protection,
wealth planning
Our most popular posts of the past year reflect the tax-related interests and wealth management concerns of high earners and high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the UK. Here they are in reverse order. The tax landscape is ever-changing, though, so speak to your tax adviser to find out the latest news on the topics covered.
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.
Thursday, November 10, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
property,
income tax,
Dave Jennings,
overseas,
tax haven,
commercial property,
income from property,
offshore assets,
evasion,
holiday homes,
Tax Investigations,
avoidance,
foreign property ownership,
foreign assets,
afluent teams,
homeowners
Holiday homes and offshore assets won’t be a personal tax haven for long as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) continues to crack down on those not paying the correct tax with a new initiative looking into those who own property abroad.
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
property,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
relief,
liability,
Naomi Smith,
value,
estate planning,
IHT planning,
APR,
farming,
exemption,
agriculture,
agricultural property relief,
farms,
leasing
Agricultural property relief doesn’t always offer farmers and farmhouse owners an exemption from inheritance tax (IHT). Here, for example, are two scenarios that may trigger a crippling final IHT bill for the unsuspecting. Read on to make sure you don’t have to sell the family farm…
Monday, August 01, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories:
Business,
Employer,
Personal
| Tags: income tax,
Dave Jennings,
tax avoidance,
NIC,
consultation,
National Insurance,
Office for Tax Simplification,
OTS,
PAYE,
National Insurance Contributions,
Tax Investigations,
Real Time Information,
merger,
pensioners
Integrating income tax and National Insurance will reduce the administrative burden on employers and stem the number of mistakes made in administering PAYE, says HM Revenue & Customs. Under a new ‘call for evidence’, you have until September 2011 to agree or disagree. Is this genuine red tape-cutting or a tax-raising agenda?
Winter 2012 issue out now featuring lifestyle, tax insight and wealth management features – plus news of our brand new magazine for 2013!
