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Friday, June 17, 2011 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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This could be considered a familiar headline, but once again today, a consultation has been issued by the Government outlining proposed changes to the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals.
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Thursday, January 06, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
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Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
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tax planning,
property,
inheritance tax,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
income tax,
IHT,
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pilot trusts,
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personal
Don’t miss our excellent money-saving series from Sue Knight, Director, Tax. Here’s a roundup of her posts on strategies for reducing your income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax burdens.
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Thursday, December 09, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Business,
Protecting your wealth
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tax planning,
property,
capital gains tax,
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Sue Knight,
income tax,
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income,
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Finance Bill 2011,
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The publication of draft clauses for the Finance Bill 2011 is imminent and no doubt there will be opportunities for some and disappointment for others. One thing is certain: the 50% income tax rate for those with incomes over £150,000 is likely to be with us for the foreseeable future, putting income tax reduction on the agenda for many. Although it has been interesting to hear a number of politicians from different parties talking about it as a ‘temporary tax’.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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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.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
tax planning,
Sue Knight,
IHT,
debt,
reduce,
inheritance,
pilot trusts,
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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?
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Friday, August 20, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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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
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Monday, July 19, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
tax planning,
property,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
China,
partnership,
Dubai,
assets,
investments,
overseas,
holiday homes
After the Dubai property bubble burst, there is speculation that China is next. So whether you are seeking out an expected property boom or simply continuing to hold property, now is a good time for investors to review the structures in which they hold their property investments.
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
tax planning,
capital gains tax,
CGT,
Sue Knight,
shares,
assets,
coalition agreement
How investors, entrepreneurs and owners of second properties can prepare for the coalition government’s forthcoming changes to capital gains tax (CGT).
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
entrepreneurs,
tax planning,
investment,
offshore,
Sue Knight,
IHT,
James Caan,
domicile,
non-dom,
Cayman Islands,
non-domicile,
Inheritance Tax,
Duncan Bannatyne,
Pakistan,
earnings,
Dragons’ Den
The
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Thursday, April 08, 2010 | Posted by: Sue Knight
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Protecting your wealth
| Tags: tax,
HMRC,
Sue Knight,
tax havens,
domicile,
HMRC6,
residence,
Gaines-Cooper,
residency,
IR20,
UK residents,
non-residency,
status
An intolerable uncertainty now exists for UK non-residents following the outcome of the Judicial Review hearings of Davies, James and Gaines-Cooper – as I outlined last month in
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