Bespoke - for private clients
Thursday, February 09, 2012 | Posted by: Chris Tysoe
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
income tax,
Entrepreneurs' Relief,
Entrepreneurs’ Relief,
closing down a company,
liquidation,
Chris Tysoe,
share capital,
extraction of funds,
winding up,
Extra Statutory Concession,
shareholder,
striking off,
ESC C16,
company distributions,
payment of capital,
dissolution
Time is of the essence for anyone seeking to extract funds from a company in the process of being struck off. From 1 March 2012, new legislation may bring higher tax liabilities on any payments out of the business before it is dissolved.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
links,
tax planning,
HNWIs,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
wealth,
wealth management,
blog,
best,
2011,
wealth protection,
wealth planning
Our most popular posts of the past year reflect the tax-related interests and wealth management concerns of high earners and high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the UK. Here they are in reverse order. The tax landscape is ever-changing, though, so speak to your tax adviser to find out the latest news on the topics covered.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Day in the life,
Green,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
investment,
HNWIs,
HNWI,
pensions,
Grant Thornton,
Bespoke,
wealth,
magazine,
wealth management,
trusts,
Bespoke magazine,
insight,
subscribe,
publications,
interviews
The latest issue of Grant Thornton’s Bespoke magazine is out now and comes packed with lifestyle features, tax perspectives and wealth management issues, and other hot topics facing high earners and high net worth individuals in the UK. Here’s what you’ll find in our latest issue and how to join our mailing list.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
property,
income tax,
Dave Jennings,
tax haven,
overseas,
offshore assets,
income from property,
evasion,
holiday homes,
commercial property,
avoidance,
Tax Investigations,
foreign property ownership,
foreign assets,
afluent teams,
homeowners
Holiday homes and offshore assets won’t be a personal tax haven for long as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) continues to crack down on those not paying the correct tax with a new initiative looking into those who own property abroad.
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
property,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
relief,
liability,
Naomi Smith,
estate planning,
value,
APR,
farming,
IHT planning,
agriculture,
exemption,
farms,
agricultural property relief,
leasing
Agricultural property relief doesn’t always offer farmers and farmhouse owners an exemption from inheritance tax (IHT). Here, for example, are two scenarios that may trigger a crippling final IHT bill for the unsuspecting. Read on to make sure you don’t have to sell the family farm…
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Monday, August 01, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories:
Business,
Employer,
Personal
| Tags: income tax,
Dave Jennings,
NIC,
tax avoidance,
consultation,
National Insurance,
Office for Tax Simplification,
OTS,
National Insurance Contributions,
Tax Investigations,
PAYE,
Real Time Information,
merger,
pensioners
Integrating income tax and National Insurance will reduce the administrative burden on employers and stem the number of mistakes made in administering PAYE, says HM Revenue & Customs. Under a new ‘call for evidence’, you have until September 2011 to agree or disagree. Is this genuine red tape-cutting or a tax-raising agenda?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | Posted by: Naomi Smith
Categories:
Business,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
property,
inheritance tax,
IHT,
relief,
liability,
Naomi Smith,
estate planning,
BPR,
Business Property Relief,
commercial property,
IHT planning,
exemtpion
The lesser-known pitfalls surrounding business property relief may leave your business at risk of a very large and unexpected inheritance tax bill. Let the horror stories of Mr Wealthy and Ms Success be a lesson to those who think they are exempt from death and taxes…
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Thursday, July 07, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Business,
Day in the life,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
HNWIs,
HNWI,
Grant Thornton,
Bespoke,
wealth,
magazine,
Bespoke magazine,
insight,
subscribe,
comment,
publications,
interviews,
features,
private clients
Grant Thornton’s summer issue of Bespoke magazine for private clients is out now and features 28 pages of financial, lifestyle and wealth-related features for high earners and high net worth individuals (HNWIs). Here’s what’s inside – and how to get hold of a copy…
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
disclosure,
penalties,
tax amnesty,
amnesty,
teachers,
eBay,
tutors
Three more groups who are perceived to be underpaying tax are to come under the scrutiny of the taxman.
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Thursday, May 05, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business,
Personal
| Tags: investment,
HNWI,
Bespoke,
Bespoke magazine,
investing,
auctions,
collecting,
collection,
whisky,
prices,
collectible,
blend,
whiskies,
expensive,
Scotch,
malt,
bottles,
Bonhams,
Christie’s,
McTear’s
If it’s not the tastes of nutmeg, cinnamon or peat smoke that attract buyers, it’s the age, region or distillery. The market for collecting whiskies is growing fast, says Michael Urquhart (pictured), who runs one of Scotland’s most famous whisky companies. (For the auction-ready, we’ve also included a list of places to bid.)
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