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,
payment of capital,
dissolution,
Chris Tysoe,
share capital,
extraction of funds,
Extra Statutory Concession,
ESC C16,
company distributions,
shareholder,
striking off,
winding up
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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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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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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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, April 07, 2011 | Posted by: Stuart Maggs
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
entrepreneurs,
budget,
relief,
budget2011,
disposal,
Entrepreneurs' Relief,
selling
Last month, I wrote about the
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Monday, March 21, 2011 | Posted by: Stuart Maggs
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
entrepreneurs,
relief,
planning,
trusts,
incentives,
shares,
assets,
Stuart Maggs,
sale,
spouse,
disposal,
saving,
Entrepreneurs' Relief,
children,
selling,
pitfalls
Entrepreneurs’ Relief can offer significant tax savings when selling shares or the whole or part of a business. So how do you qualify? What are the four pitfalls to avoid disqualification? And what are clients asking us about tax planning and Entrepreneurs’ Relief?
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
due diligence,
security,
fraud,
ID theft,
forensics,
deep web mining,
checks,
passwords,
evidence
It may feel uncomfortable to question the integrity of people we meet, but a little circumspection goes a long way, says Chris Clements, Partner, Forensic & Investigation Services, Grant Thornton.
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Thursday, January 06, 2011 | Posted by: Gary Woods
Categories:
Business,
Personal,
Protecting your wealth
| Tags: business,
tax,
HMRC,
VAT,
Gary Woods,
aircraft,
residence,
jets,
flying,
planes,
European Court of Justice,
sailing,
Santa,
transport,
boat
If you’re thinking of trading in your boat or jet for a newer model in 2011, you may find the cost adds up to more than you think. As we’re still feeling festive, let’s take Santa and his sleigh for a ride through the new VAT rules.
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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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Friday, May 07, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business
| Tags: business,
links,
economy,
government,
reaction,
election,
British Chambers of Commerce,
CBI,
stockmarket,
tax rises,
hung parliament,
uk election
As the UK wakes up to the first
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