Thursday, February 04, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: India,
links,
emerging markets,
Switzerland,
iPad,
tax haven,
auctions,
vintage,
Cadbury,
Ghana,
flying car,
car collecting
These stories and more rounded up monthly on the Bespoke blog.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: Francesca Lagerberg,
EIS,
venture capital trusts,
enterprise investment schemes,
VCT,
anti-forestalling provisions,
Pension,
50% tax rate
We all know we should save for our retirement and with the added bonus of attractive tax breaks many of us do. But with the withdrawal of higher rate tax relief on pension contributions for some, pensions are back on many peoples’ agenda, and many are asking if pensions are still the best way to save for their retirement.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
Dave Jennings,
disclosure,
health,
investigation,
penalties,
NHS,
tax amnesty,
medical,
doctors,
plan,
THP,
public borrowing
Before the ink is dry on HM Revenue and Customs’s (HMRC) Continue Reading
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: wealth management,
Christmas,
gifts,
Tim Harford,
economics,
Joel Waldfogel,
deadweight loss,
presents
With the Christmas shopping season in full swing, is it worth you shelling out big money on expensive gifts this Christmas? Recently, the FT’s Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, gave a talk at London’s Cass Business School in which he explained the economics of happiness, dating and Christmas. And when it came to analysing the contents of Santa’s sack, he revealed that the old adage is true: it really is the thought that counts…
Monday, November 23, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories:
Business,
Personal
| Tags: HMRC,
Francesca Lagerberg,
taxpayers,
HM Treasury,
Charter,
Your Charter,
Stephen Timms,
Finance Act 2009,
Treasury,
Taxpayers Charter
On the evening of 11 November I attended an event at HM Treasury to launch HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) new Charter, Continue Reading
Friday, October 02, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: wealth,
trading,
money,
fiat money,
happiness,
gold,
currency,
history,
bank notes,
commodities,
happy,
coinage,
barter,
rich
We deal with it every day but have you ever wondered about money’s rich past? Exactly how did we go from trading cowrie shells to carrying purses of gold coins to swapping pieces of paper for our goods?
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 | Posted by: Paul Roberts
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: HMRC,
Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility,
tax amnesty,
Liechtenstein,
Offshore Disclosure Facility,
New Disclosure Opportunity,
LDF,
offshore assets,
untaxed income,
Paul Roberts,
Public Accounts Committee
With a few last-minute tweaks, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has now published details of the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO). As you know, this is aimed at UK taxpayers and encourages them to declare previously untaxed income that has an offshore link. But this worries me and here I’ll explain why…
Thursday, July 16, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: VAT,
Graham Brearley,
aircraft,
jets,
private jet,
European Commission,
legislation change
To fly or not to fly − that is the question facing owners of private jets this week after the UK was told to amend its VAT legislation affecting aircraft weighing more that 8000kg.
Thursday, June 04, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: financial,
New Disclosure Opportunity,
Switzerland,
tax haven,
Liechenstein,
g20 summit,
offshore bank accounts
There is much talk of a new global era of transparency in banking, but does it really amount to anything? And what, if any, are the consequences for individuals in the UK?
Thursday, June 04, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: income,
trust,
Family Limited Partnerships,
capital,
Inheritance Tax
Family Limited Partnerships have been much talked about since 2006 when the trust rules were significantly altered. But are they all they’re cracked up to be?
