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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Business
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
economy,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
income tax,
Richard Jameson,
VAT,
budget,
relief,
George Osborne,
deficit,
budget2010,
NICs,
personal allowance
Tax hikes announced with more spending cuts and blood-letting to follow in the autumn – that’s how Chancellor George Osborne’s intends to balance the books with today’s Emergency Budget. But what didn’t he mention?
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Friday, June 11, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: HNWIs,
property,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
pensions,
IHT,
tax avoidance,
NIC,
budget,
planning,
domicile,
residence,
PPR,
private residence relief,
NICs,
National Insurance Contributions
How are your revenues, assets and tax planning likely to be affected in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget on 22 June? We look at seven areas that will affect high net worth individuals…
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
shares,
assets,
coalition agreement
How investors, entrepreneurs and owners of second properties can prepare for the coalition government’s forthcoming changes to capital gains tax (CGT).
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Monday, March 29, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
economy,
CGT,
income tax,
Richard Jameson,
budget,
Gordon Brown,
Alistair Darling,
stamp duty,
fiscal drag,
PSBR,
budget2010,
election,
forecasts,
NICs
Attempted headline-grabbing announcements,
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
IHT,
tips,
bonuses,
UK residency,
spouse,
dividends,
Gift Aid,
tax rates,
ISA,
5 April,
Capital Gains Tax
There are just a few days left before the end of the tax year but there is still time to act if you want to keep your tax bill to a minimum. No need to get bogged down in lots of paperwork – here are seven simple steps you can take…
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
HMRC,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
income,
capital gains,
taxpayers,
discretionary cash bonus schemes,
conversion,
employee incentive plans,
cash balances,
equity reward plans
Avoiding the new 50% income tax rate by converting income into capital is likely to be a top dinner party discussion for the wealthy right now. From 6 April 2010, individuals with income above £150,000 will be taxable at 50%. By contrast, as noted in
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: recession,
economy,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
income tax,
Richard Jameson,
government,
VAT,
Gordon Brown,
David Cameron,
tax manifesto,
National Insurance,
Nick Clegg,
general election
Approximately six weeks ago, plenty of commentators were suggesting the economic outlook had improved and the economy had turned a corner, primarily on the back of strong performance in the stock market. But an elephant has since marched the room – and, if you’ll forgive the pun, it’s a potential jumbo…
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Friday, July 24, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: CGT,
Richard Jameson,
private residence relief,
PPR,
income from property,
property trading,
main residence,
MPs expenses,
tax on property income,
capital gains relief
The clamour over MPs’ expenses has died down for now. But when the press revealed a number of individual MPs who had claimed capital gains tax (CGT) relief on the sale of a ‘private residence’, it was a great reminder of just how generous this relief is. So what is it all about – and how do you claim it?
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