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Tag Archives: tax mitigation
What price the 50% tax rate?
When the previous Government introduced the idea of a 50% top tax tier many predicted that all this would achieve would be a mass exodus of the wealthy from UK shores. Indeed in an article of 13 December 2009, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 50% tax rate, higher rate tax, HMRC, Simon Newsham, Tax Lawyer, tax mitigation, tax planning, tax savings, tax solicitor, UK tax planning
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Self Assessment
Those with straightforward tax affairs who are paid via PAYE may never have to complete a self assessment tax form. For the rest, including the self employed, company directors, trustees and those with a foreign income completion of an annual … Continue reading
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Tagged HM Revenue & Customs, HMRC, Self Assessment, Simon Newsham, Tax Advice, Tax Lawyer, tax mitigation, Tax returns, tax solicitor, UK tax planning
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Balancing charity giving with bequests
One of the “surprises” of the 2011 Budget was the announcement that the Government intended to reward those who leave money to charity after their death. Effectively the Inheritance Tax Charitable Relief scheme allowed those leaving 10% of their estate … Continue reading
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Tagged charity giving, HMRC, inheritance, inheritance planning, Inheritance tax, Inheritance tax charitable relief, Inheritance tax mitigation, inheritance tax planning, Inheritance valuations, Simon Newsham, Tax Lawyer, tax mitigation, tax solicitor, UK tax planning
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Calculating an Inheritance
The recent HMRC investigations into small business tax, including that of plumbers and restaurants, have received fairly wide publicity. However, according to accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young, there is another area which HMRC have been quietly spotlighting over the past … Continue reading
Government releases housing land
The Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, has today announced ambitious plans for Government and Council held land to be released for housing. With the aim of kick starting the house building industry and creating up to 25,000 jobs, the hope is … Continue reading
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Tagged 000 houses, 100, commercial property stamp duty, Government, Government releases land, Release of government land, SDLT, SDLT mitigation, SDLT planning, Simon Newsham, stamp duty for land, Tax Lawyer, tax mitigation, tax solicitor, UK tax planning
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Newshams congratulates the RIBA award winners
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2011 awards for architectural excellence. The 89 winners in the UK include a community hall in the Hebrides and a self build hideaway in the Lake District … Continue reading
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Tagged land stamp duty, land tax stamp duty, Olympic velodrome, Olympics, RIBA, RIBA awards, Royal Institute of British Architects, SDLT, SDLT mitigation, SDLT planning, Simon Newsham, stamp duty land tax, stamp duty on commercial property, Tax Lawyer, tax mitigation, tax solicitor, UK tax planning
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The CIOT comments on SDLT Budget proposals
Within the 2011 Budget, the chancellor, George Osborne, proposed various measures intended to tighten up on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance. These proposals form part of the Finance (No 3) Bill which is currently winding its way through Parliament. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chartered Institute of Taxation, CIOT, Finance (No 3) Bill, newshams, residential property stamp duty, SDLT, SDLT mitigation, SDLT planning, Simon Newsham, Stamp Duty Land Tax mitigation, Stamp Duty Mitigation, Tax Lawyer, tax mitigation, tax solicitor, UK tax planning
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Stamp Duty Land Tax case won by taxpayer
The first Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) case taken to the Tax Tribunal by HMRC has been won by the taxpayer. This victory is a vindication of the interpretation commonly applied to one aspect of SDLT regulations by experts although … Continue reading
A budget for Enterprise
The Chancellor, George Osborne, today set out the key aims of his 2011 Budget as reforming the economy to produce “strong, sustainable and balanced growth that is more evenly shared across the country and between industries”. In pursuit of these … Continue reading