Tax & Trust
Spear's Young Turk Awards 2012
The Awards celebrate rising stars, aged under 35, in all areas of the private client world: tax and trust lawyer; family lawyer; wealth manager; private banker; accountant; art adviser; property adviser
Alan and Gina Miller launch campaign for fairer fees
Alan and Gina Miller, the husband and wife co-founders of SCM Private, today launched a campaign to bring full transparency to the UK investors
FT: Obama's State of the Union calls for higher taxes on wealthy
Barack Obama laid down the battle lines for the presidential election Tuesday night as he promised a “fairer” tax regime on the day Mitt Romney, the leading Republican contender, revealed that he paid federal income taxes at an effective rate of just 13.9 per cent in 2010
Spear's New Campaign: You Are the 1 Per Cent
If you are reading this, the chances are that you are either in the 1 Per Cent or you work or are associated with the 1 Per Cent
Tel: Cameron won't scrap 50p income tax rate
The Prime Minister is to abandon plans to scrap the 50p rate of income tax amid increasing pressure from business leaders and backbench Tories, The Daily Telegraph can disclose
LDF versus the UK-Swiss tax agreement
Swiss Rolled
Decision time looms for many taxpayers between the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and the new UK-Swiss agreement. Charles Gothard and Sangna Chauhan assess the choices
Osborne's Autumn Statement: Expert Reaction
We have expert reaction and analysis to George Osborne's Autumn Statement
Osborne's Autumn Statement: Liveblog
I will be liveblogging George Osborne's Autumn Statement here from 12 noon on Tuesday
Saffery Champness: What George Osborne's Autumn Statement Holds
Tax experts at top 20 accountancy firm Saffery Champness give their view on what could be changing in George Osborne's Autumn Statement
Spear's IFC Forum
Spear's is in the business of connecting people, and so this year's IFC forum, sponsored by Guernsey Finance and Barclays Wealth, was the perfect event. Representatives of low-tax jurisdictions met HNWs looking for a new place to locate their assets and domicile as well as wealth managers searching for exciting investment opportunities.
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Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
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Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
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A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
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