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Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax planning,
Richard Jameson,
income tax,
corporation tax,
companies,
sole traders
The 50% top income tax rate against an eventual 24% corporation tax rate is making the company structure desirable once more for sole traders or partnerships seeking tax savings or deferrals. We review the trend and the options…
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Business
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
economy,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
income tax,
VAT,
budget,
relief,
George Osborne,
deficit,
budget2010,
NICs,
personal allowance
Tax hikes announced with more spending cuts and blood-letting to follow in the autumn – that’s how Chancellor George Osborne’s intends to balance the books with today’s Emergency Budget. But what didn’t he mention?
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
Richard Jameson,
Alistair Darling,
tax policy,
PSBR,
election,
NICs,
national insurance,
tax rises,
Conservative,
Liberal Democrat,
Labour
So far, the UK General Election has been marked less by the usual debates over different tax policy minutiae and more by who will cut spending from what, when they intend to do it, and at what rate.
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Monday, March 29, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
economy,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
income tax,
budget,
Gordon Brown,
Alistair Darling,
stamp duty,
fiscal drag,
budget2010,
PSBR,
election,
forecasts,
NICs
Attempted headline-grabbing announcements,
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax planning,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
IHT,
tips,
bonuses,
UK residency,
spouse,
dividends,
Gift Aid,
tax rates,
ISA,
5 April,
Capital Gains Tax
There are just a few days left before the end of the tax year but there is still time to act if you want to keep your tax bill to a minimum. No need to get bogged down in lots of paperwork – here are seven simple steps you can take…
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
HNWIs,
Richard Jameson,
corporation tax,
domicile,
Gaines-Cooper,
high net worth individuals,
Ireland,
residency,
IR20,
Irish domicile levy,
2010 Finance Bill
Ireland has been held up as a country with a progressive and attractive tax regime, so the proposal for a domicile levy has taken Irish high net worth individuals (HNWIs) aback. On the other side of the Irish Sea, the recent findings in the Messrs Davies and James and Mr Gaines-Cooper case regarding
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Monday, February 08, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Business,
Employer,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: economy,
Richard Jameson,
government,
tax policy,
relocation,
NICs,
Tax Manifesto,
labour,
National Insurance Contributions,
flexible,
manifesto,
personal tax allowance,
working,
jobs
Flexible working, targeted National Insurance holidays, tax breaks for new workers or the long-term unemployed… with 1% going on National Insurance Contributions, we need to stimulate the jobs market to keep workers off state benefits. Here’s some free advice for the next government…
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Friday, January 08, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: Richard Jameson,
budget,
legislation,
tax policy,
PBR,
consultation,
tax manifesto,
petition,
Monetary Policy Committee,
MPC,
pre-budget report,
committee
The Pre-Budget Report is the second most important date in the tax calendar, second only to the annual Budget. It is often a time when a flurry of draft legislation is announced. In the run-up to a general election, the PBR often heralds the drawing up of battle lines. The danger with this is that political considerations can cloud tax policy. Remember the
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: Richard Jameson,
NIC,
retirement,
tax relief,
liability,
final salary scheme,
pension,
Turner Report,
private pension
The UK’s looming pensions calamity came to light in 2005 when Adair Turner of the Pensions Commission (now chairman of the Financial Services Authority) released the
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories:
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: recession,
economy,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Richard Jameson,
government,
income tax,
VAT,
Gordon Brown,
David Cameron,
tax manifesto,
National Insurance,
Nick Clegg,
general election
Approximately six weeks ago, plenty of commentators were suggesting the economic outlook had improved and the economy had turned a corner, primarily on the back of strong performance in the stock market. But an elephant has since marched the room – and, if you’ll forgive the pun, it’s a potential jumbo…
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