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HMRC offers chance to avoid court and settle EBT enquiries

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, tax planning, HMRC, Dave Jennings, tax avoidance, Protect Your Wealth, investigation, EFRBS, Employee Benefit Trusts, EBT settlement opportunity, litigation, EBT, personal tax, tax changes

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High-earning taxpayers who have avoided or deferred tax and national insurance contributions through the use of Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) arrangements are the latest targets of the taxman, following the announcement by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of a new EBT settlement opportunity on this type of tax planning.

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Swinfen Hall will – a lesson in inheritance, disputed wills and estate planning

Tuesday, April 05, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: inheritance tax, IHT, wealth, inheritance, estate planning, Eric Williams, wills, family trust, litigation, asset management, dispute, Swinfen Hall, Eric Williams, wills, inheritance, inheritance tax, IHT, estate planning, dispute, family trusts, litigation, Swinfen Hall, wealth, asset management

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Samuel Swinfen died in 1854 but, 157 years on, there are still lessons to be learned from the litigation surrounding his will. Eric Williams, Head of Private Client, goes back to the future and gives some advice on modern estate planning…

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