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Life after the Remittance Basis: Navigating UK Tax under the Finance Act 2025
The Finance Act 2025 rewrites the UK rule-book for foreign money. This article spells out, in plain English, what the changes mean if you already have offshore funds, are new to the UK, or are thinking of leaving - and offers practical pointers[...]
Real Estate Markets, Structuring, Finance and Taxation: Summary of London Workshop
Roy Saunders of IFS and Chairman of the IBSA, together with Mark Galazzi and Louise Hamilton from Walkers, Marcus Bradbury-Ross from CBRE, Melanie Reed & Mark Fielden from Moore Kingston Smith, Anthony Hunt from Howard Kennedy and Ian Burdett[...]
Pensions to PETs and Other Lifetime Gifting Family Law Considerations for Estate Planning Post the Autumn Budget 2024
The Autumn Budget introduced some significant changes to the Inheritance Tax (IHT) which are likely to mean family law aspects of succession planning will become more pertinent. This article seeks to explain why.
[...]Immigration Law Update June 2024
In this edition, you'll find coverage on a range of topics shaping current immigration policies, including significant announcements from the Home Office, insights into forthcoming business immigration proposals ahead of the general[...]
The Conservative Party's Proposed Higher Tax Allowance for Pensioners
The recent proposal by the Conservative Party to provide pensioners with a special (higher) tax allowance – rather than keeping their personal tax allowance frozen, in the same way it will be for regular taxpayers until April 2028 – appears to be[...]
UK Business Immigration Update
In December 2023, the Home Secretary announced the government's five-point plan to cut net migration by 300,000 people each year. Over the last few months, we have seen a whole host of changes to immigration law to reflect the five-point[...]
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024: What it Means for ‘Direct to Consumer’ Business
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (‘DMCC Act’) was passed on 24th May 2024 and is to come into effect in Autumn 2024. The Act has a broad scope and, as its title suggests, introduces new regulations in relation to digital[...]
Global equities are supported by stealth stimuli in the US
This monthly commentary gives a roundup of global markets and trends. In this article we explore how global stock markets are being boosted by stealth stimuli, such as fiscal easing and record immigration, in the US; improved market[...]
Mastering UK Inheritance Tax Strategies and Securing Your Legacy
The following is a summary of a recent podcast discussing the UK's inheritance tax laws and the potential strategies for mitigating it. Dmitry Zapol explores how holding a UK business through[...]
