Tax & Trust
Government Launches Giving White Paper
Philanthropic giving in the UK should be promoted through a combination of improved advice for potential philanthropists, tax incentives and honours schemes, according to the Giving White Paper launched today
Trustees no longer protected from legal action
A Court of Appeal decision delivered last month is likely to result in a greater number of legal actions against trustees and their professional advisers, warns leading private client law firm Boodle Hatfield
No Safe Haven
One man has declared war on the world’s most powerful low-tax jurisdictions. Nicholas Shaxson tells Freddy Barker why his book has whipped up a storm in taxation circles
Pay will reach 'Victorian levels' of inequality, says report
If current pay trends continue, by 2030 inequality in the UK could reach levels not seen since Victorian England, according to a report published by the High Pay Commission on Monday
Going Nowhere
The UK economy might as well be The Grand Old Duke of York’s Army: for six months the UK economy has been marching nowhere.
Get Your Facts Straight
It sounds simple, but the more efficient a family office is at managing its clients’ information, the better for everyone, says Rupert Phelps
Why, I Do Declare!
If undisclosed offshore accounts are playing on your conscience, now’s the time to come clean — the government has never been in a more forgiving mood, say Charles Gothard and Sangna Chauhan
Vickers Report Recommends Ring-Fencing
UK retail banking activities should be ‘ring-fenced’ from wholesale and investment banking arms, the Independent Commission on Banking said in its interim report published on Monday
Brown's Boomerangs
When he was in No. 10, Brown’s ugly temper turned it into the House of the Flying Mobiles
Unbillable Hours
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Q
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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