Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: links,
HNWIs,
China,
charity,
banking,
Liechtenstein,
divorce,
Switzerland,
art,
investments,
gold,
wine
Our monthly pick of the web as it relates to high earners and HNWIs.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
HMRC,
HNWIs,
Sue Knight,
pensions,
Employer Financed Retirement Benefit Scheme,
retirement,
EFRBS,
remuneration,
high earners,
Finance Bill 2011,
QNUPS
When the taxman turned his spotlight on Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Schemes in 2009, it was with the aim of making this kind of tax planning less attractive. A year on, the death knell for EFRBS tax advantages may be sounding, but an alternative pension pot for high earners may live on.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: investment,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
magazine,
Bespoke magazine,
hobbies,
investing,
rights,
investments,
William Daniel,
fishing,
rivers,
fly-fishing
At last, an investment that gets you out, provides good company and puts food on the table. No wonder they’re hard to come by, says Peter Cockwill, in our second post on high-end hobbies.
Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
tax planning,
Sue Knight,
IHT,
debt,
reduce,
inheritance,
pilot trusts,
minimise,
strategies,
BPR,
personal
Using one of the search engines to find information on inheritance tax (IHT) will bring up some simple steps to reduce it, but once these are exhausted what other ideas are available?
Friday, September 24, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: links,
HNWIs,
finance,
HNWI,
banking,
yachts,
Switzerland,
art,
investments,
wine,
Swiss,
private jets,
secret,
memorabilia,
sayings
Our monthly pick of the web as it relates to high earners and HNWIs.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal
| Tags: HNWIs,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
magazine,
hobbies,
corporate,
jousting,
Jason Kingsley,
chariot driving,
team-building,
tournament
In an occasional new series looking at unusual or eclectic hobbies, we start with Jason Kingsley at Tournament Stud, who offers equestrian training in jousting, chariot driving and dragon-slaying. We’re also looking for more high-end hobbies here in the UK, so do let us know if you have any suggestions.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Day in the life
| Tags: entrepreneur,
HNWI,
Directorbank,
diary,
Jonathan Hick,
millionaire,
secret,
day in the life
A serial entrepreneur, Jonathan Hick has set up 10 companies in the past 23 years, including The Directorbank Group, CallUma and The Brand Cellar. A proud Yorkshireman, he featured in Channel 4’s award-winning series, The Secret Millionaire.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
income tax,
income,
trusts,
refunds,
Rachael Dronfield,
dividends,
discretionary trusts,
interest
A little-known change to income tax will have major repercussions for beneficiaries of some trusts, says Rachael Dronfield, Tax Manager at Grant Thornton.
Friday, August 20, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
reduce,
strategies,
minimize
The capital gains tax (CGT) changes in the Emergency Budget have been covered in some detail over the past six weeks but, as the dust settles, what CGT planning strategies are available to enable individuals to protect and maximise personal and family wealth?
Thursday, August 19, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Summers
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
HMRC,
offshore,
disclosure,
tax havens,
penalties,
Offshore Disclosure Facility,
NDO,
amnesty,
evasion,
medical,
Grant Summers
With hundreds of billions of national debt and a dwindling workforce at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the Government is instigating campaigns to refill the public purse in the fastest way possible for the least cost. The consequence, says Grant Summers, is a series of campaigns that exclusively favour particular sections of society.
