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Tuesday, May 01, 2012 | Posted by: Mike Hyland
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
IHT,
tax avoidance,
George Osborne,
Mike Hyland,
non-dom,
minimise,
non-domicile,
stamp duty land tax,
avoidance,
non-doms,
Budget 2012,
SDLT,
residential property,
non-natural person,
property investment,
property development
Buyers and owners of high-value residential property are the latest group to be chased for potential tax avoidance. Chancellor George Osborne believes they are avoiding taxes too readily and announced a raft of changes aimed at extracting tax in the recent Budget. Find out if you’re affected, and by how much, below
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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,
money,
Mike Hyland,
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.
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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,
Naomi Smith,
tax haven,
non-dom,
tax evasion,
discretionary trusts,
tax saving,
IHT planning,
offshore trusts,
investment income,
offshore investment wrappers
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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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 | Posted by: Mike Hyland
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
property,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
income tax,
IHT,
trusts,
Mike Hyland,
inheritance,
minimise,
Family Limited Partnerships,
family wealth,
succession,
family investment company,
relevant property,
10-year charge,
wealth planning
After the changes to the taxation of trusts in recent years, we consider whether they are still a viable option for family wealth and succession planning, and introduce a couple of alternatives to trusts.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 | Posted by: Mike Hyland
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
HNWIs,
income tax,
pensions,
IHT,
retirement,
tax relief,
Mike Hyland,
high earners,
higher rate taxpayer,
pension,
James Temperley,
pension series,
pensions changes,
pensions carry forward,
50% tax rate,
annual allowance
After answering some of the most common pension questions in our post last week, we now consider the recent changes to the rules on pension contributions and how you could make best use of the new rules to provide for yourself and your family.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
will,
Naomi Smith,
gifts,
estate planning,
BPR,
Business Property Relief,
IHT planning,
deathbed planning,
death duties,
death taxes
The concept of death taxes can come as a surprise to many. If you haven’t done any estate planning and you are looking for a quick fix, what options are available?
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
property,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
relief,
liability,
Naomi Smith,
estate planning,
value,
APR,
farming,
IHT planning,
agriculture,
exemption,
farms,
agricultural property relief,
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…
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
property,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
relief,
liability,
Naomi Smith,
estate planning,
BPR,
Business Property Relief,
commercial property,
IHT planning,
exemtpion
The lesser-known pitfalls surrounding business property relief may leave your business at risk of a very large and unexpected inheritance tax bill. Let the horror stories of Mr Wealthy and Ms Success be a lesson to those who think they are exempt from death and taxes…
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
property,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
IHT,
divorce,
transfer,
marriage,
partnership,
exemptions,
Naomi Smith,
shares,
spouse,
transferable allowances,
marriage and tax,
civil partner
It may sound harsh but if you’re going to leave your marriage then it’s best to split on 6 April for optimum tax savings and to give you more time to sort out the financial arrangements. Naomi Smith, Tax Manager at Grant Thornton, follows up her post on a dozen tax reasons to get married with some tax-saving facts for those planning a separation.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
property,
capital gains tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
income tax,
pensions,
IHT,
retirement,
transfer,
marriage,
partnership,
Naomi Smith,
shares,
assets,
personal allowance,
spouse,
transferable allowances,
advantages,
Married Couple’s Allowance
Marriage isn’t just for romantics. There are all sorts of financial gains, tax reliefs, benefits, exemptions and other advantages to be had when you sign on the dotted line.
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