EXCLUSIVE: Private Client Practitioner Top 25 Most Admired UK Companies 2013 - the results 19/02/2013
Does your client need a reputation management plan? 18/02/2013
Tax titbits, February 2013 13/02/2013
Affected owners urged to act on extension of CGT to non-natural persons 13/02/2013 Henry Moss from law firm Wedlake Bell has said urgent action is needed for affected owners following extension of CGT to non-natural persons
No Room For Overlap: UK Supreme Court confirms legal advice privilege confined to lawyers 28/01/2013 Some will regard it as a victory for common sense and a (rare?) triumph for the rule of law; others will bemoan what they will see as shabby treatment of non-lawyers by the might of the legal profession: whatever the conclusion of the public debate which will no doubt ensue, the fact remains that last week the Middlesex Guildhall saw the culmination of a long struggle between the legal and accountancy professions over a fundamental point of principle, which may turn out to mark a shift in the relative standing of the two professions after many decades of expansion into the advisory sphere by accountants. For the first judgment issued in 2013, it may turn out to be seminal text.
Planning is required now to avoid new property taxes 23/01/2013 Camilla Wallace, a partner in the Private Client team at London law firm Wedlake Bell explains that the certainty of new taxes from April this year for foreigners using a company structure to buy residential property in the UK with a value exceeding £2 million requires planning now. Time is running out. Since announcing the new taxes in the 2012 Budget the Government has made significant concessions, all of which could help reduce or remove the tax bill for those who move fast.
Tax Titbits, January 2013 07/01/2013
The draft Finance Bill - its potential impact on high net worth individuals 17/12/2012
Tax titbits, December 2012 12/12/2012 Head of international tax at Grant Thornton, Francesca Lagerberg, looks at some of the taxing issues that have faced the industry this month
Autumn Statement throws up no nasty surprises, but is no joyride either for wealthy taxpayers 10/12/2012 In his Autumn Statement delivered today in the Commons, Chancellor George Osborne outlined the way ahead along his much vaunted "hard road" to recovery. While there were no particularly nasty surprises lurking around the twists and turns of his speech, it is certainly not likely to be a joyride for wealthy taxpayers in the near future.
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