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
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
Monday, October 05, 2009 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
HMRC,
Sue Knight,
Employer Financed Retirement Benefit Scheme,
EFRBS,
high earners
Last month, I outlined Employer-Financed Retirement Benefit Schemes (EFRBS) as part of
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: HMRC,
Richard Jameson,
tax avoidance,
transfer,
distribution,
HNWIs, high net worth unit,
family wealth,
high net worth individual,
settlement,
Large Business Service,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
real-time information,
Protect your wealth
A recent drive to improve working with agents shows, among other things, that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) wants to move to ‘real-time’ information on the top 5,000 high net worth individuals. What does this mean for the UK’s richest taxpayers?
Thursday, August 27, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: HMRC,
Richard Jameson,
Alistair Darling,
Our Charter,
Taxpayers’ Charter
Ever since the Chancellor announced the idea of publishing a charter to offer statutory rights to taxpayers, individuals, businesses, and the tax profession has locked horns with
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
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
HMRC,
Sue Knight,
HNWI,
tax avoidance,
Protect Your Wealth,
legislation,
banks,
taxation,
code of practice
And so the tax avoidance debate continues to rage. Last month I looked at High Net Worth Individuals and
