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Investing in companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) is often seen as an attractive prospect from an inheritance tax (IHT) viewpoint, with shares in many AIM listed companies ...

A tax policy for innovation

Research and development involves significant risk and cost and even a successful technical outcome does not always guarantee success in the market place. Despite this, ...

It is not unusual for an employee to receive a valuable signing on bonus, often referred to as a ‘golden handshake’ in exchange for accepting a role and committing to a minimum period of service. ...

A report in this weekend’s Financial Times highlighted that HMRC have collected £154M following investigations into ‘high-income workers who are non-UK citizens’.

Embracing the global economy

In an increasingly global marketplace, governments around the world are focussing on where profits are taxed and where they should be taxed. In 2013, the OECD and G20 ...

A new property taskforce has been launched by HMRC to tackle “taxpayers” who are not declaring property income in North West England and North Wales. It has been estimated that more than one million ...

If you are a British Expat or a non-resident UK tax payer you will have no doubt seen the news headlines in recent months:

Liechtenstein and the UK have signed a fourth joint statement updating the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF). Our previous article here summarises some of the detail of the LDF, and little has ...

HMRC have withdrawn an important concession regarding the use of loans in the UK which are backed by non-UK assets.

HMRC’s Let property campaign, overseas bank accounts and low effective tax rates

HMRC are stepping up their campaign trail to ensure taxpayers pay the ‘correct amount of tax’...