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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Financing ,
Technology sector
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
capital gains tax,
technology,
CGT,
video,
financing,
internet,
mobile,
deal,
startups,
storage,
scale
Technology is getting exciting again. Oscar Jazdowski, UK Head of Origination for Silicon Valley Bank, reviews the sector that is becoming both essential to and pervasive in modern life.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
buying a company,
loan notes,
QCBs,
corporate bonds,
deferred payment,
non-QCBs,
entrepreneurs' relief
With cash in scarce supply, loan notes provided an excellent method of deferring the cost of buying a company. But recent changes in tax laws mean that they are now less appealing and holders of existing loan notes are likely to be in for a nasty surprise, says Senior Tax Manager Nadine Elliott.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
investment,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
relief,
wealth,
EIS,
partnership,
Craig Kemsley,
creation,
Enterprise Investment Scheme,
ER,
Entrepreneurs’ Relief
A summary of recent tax changes affecting UK entrepreneurs – and the opportunities they afford for wealth creation –
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Monday, June 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: media,
property,
capital gains tax,
technology,
CGT,
VAT,
reaction,
George Osborne,
Budget,
public sector,
construction,
IR35,
local government,
capital investment,
bank levy,
Budget2010
Pain today, profit tomorrow? That seemed to be the overall aim of George Osborne’s first Budget. But find out what Grant Thornton’s experts really thought as we round up the partners’ responses on Budget changes and how they affect the construction, technology, property, media and other sectors…
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
pensions,
VAT,
budget,
NIC,
tax avoidance,
corporation tax,
National Insurance Contribution
Should companies be preparing for the worst this Tuesday (22 June 2010)? Here’s what Francesca Lagerberg, Grant Thornton’s Head of Tax, thinks Chancellor George Osborne has in store in the emergency Budget…
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Monday, March 29, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
economy,
income tax,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
budget,
NIC,
Alistair Darling,
relief,
Gordon Brown,
stamp duty,
fiscal drag,
budget2010,
PSBR,
election,
economic growth,
budget deficit
Attempted headline-grabbing announcements,
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Tax
| Tags: business,
tax,
entrepreneurs,
entrepreneur,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
budget,
Alistair Darling,
relief,
budget2010
‘Entrepreneurs’ may not have made the top 100 keywords used in Alistair Darling’s budget speech (see our Wordle below), but Budget 2010 held some good news for entrepreneurs looking to sell their business, as the Chancellor raised the level of
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Tax
| Tags: tax,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
pensions,
IHT,
NIC,
disclosure,
reaction,
analysis,
comment,
PBR,
NDO,
Offshore Disclosure Facility,
banks,
Pre-Budget Report,
National Insurance Contribution,
financial sector,
bonus,
HRMC
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