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Wednesday, August 17, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
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The plumbers amnesty (Plumber’s Tax Safe Plan or PTSP) that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launched in March, was criticised as being a ‘damp squib’ at the time after a low take-up with many plumbers unconvinced that HMRC had any information about any undisclosed earnings. HMRC has hit back with news that it has arrested five plumbers on suspicion of tax evasion.
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Thursday, July 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Grant Thornton’s summer issue of Bespoke magazine for private clients is out now and features 28 pages of financial, lifestyle and wealth-related features for high earners and high net worth individuals (HNWIs). Here’s what’s inside – and how to get hold of a copy…
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Thursday, April 07, 2011 | Posted by: Stuart Maggs
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Last month, I wrote about the
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Monday, March 21, 2011 | Posted by: Stuart Maggs
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| Tags: business,
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planning,
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children,
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Entrepreneurs’ Relief can offer significant tax savings when selling shares or the whole or part of a business. So how do you qualify? What are the four pitfalls to avoid disqualification? And what are clients asking us about tax planning and Entrepreneurs’ Relief?
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Thursday, January 06, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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| Tags: tax,
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property,
inheritance tax,
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debt,
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pilot trusts,
minimise,
capital gains,
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savings,
personal

Don’t miss our excellent money-saving series from Sue Knight, Director, Tax. Here’s a roundup of her posts on strategies for reducing your income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax burdens.
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Friday, December 10, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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| Tags: tax,
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There’s a flavour of Victorian adventure, melodrama and high-level swindling in our latest issue of Bespoke magazine – Grant Thornton’s twice-yearly magazine for the HNW community. It’s also available to download (see below) so here’s a preview of what’s inside, including practical financial insights, riveting reads and tales of the good life.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Using one of the search engines to find information on inheritance tax (IHT) will bring up some simple steps to reduce it, but once these are exhausted what other ideas are available?
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
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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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Tuesday, June 08, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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| Tags: tax,
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tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
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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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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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| Tags: tax,
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tax planning,
investment,
offshore,
Sue Knight,
IHT,
James Caan,
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Cayman Islands,
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Inheritance Tax,
Duncan Bannatyne,
Pakistan,
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Dragons’ Den

The
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