Tax & Trust
Lunatic Express!
Less than a year after the global economy derailed, the big-bonus gravy train is not only back on the rails but steaming along, says Spear’s Economics Editor Stephen Hill
Goldman Sucks
Or does it? Slagging off the world’s most powerful bank is a popular pastime these days — but how much of the mud really sticks, asks Stephen Hill
Lord of Finance
Christopher Silvester meets Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance, the winner of Spear’s Financial History of the Year award
OECD: Swiss secrecy melting away
Switzerland has signed a protocol to its tax treaty with the United States that incorporates the internationally agreed tax information standard.
Quantitatively Easy?
Central banks may have saved the global economy from total collapse, says Guy Monson, but they have also unleashed a complex battle between inflation and deflation
Spear's Awards: Winners
Click here to see all the winners from the Spear's Wealth Management Awards 2009, held at Christie's, King St
VF: Finally, some good press for Goldman Sachs
Vanity Fair has put Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs' CEO, top of its Information Age 100 in its new issue, proving that not everyone hates Golden Sacks.
Be a Man - Stay in the UK
Let them go, we say. We double dare them. It’s times like these that separate the men from the boys, the interesting from the boring.
Higher Tax, Lower Morals
When most of today’s higher-rate taxpayers were growing up in the UK, they loved the practical possibilities of the schoolboy ditty, ‘If I give you half-a-crown/Will you take your knickers down?’
Withers: Advice on new tax amnesty
Click here to read the details of the Government's latest tax amnesty, as summarised by law firm Withers, and download their full briefing.
Unbillable Hours
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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