Ahead of the Game: Lineker to score tax saving from company liquidation November 20, 2024 Goalhanger Films, which is co-owned by Lineker and former ITV controller Tony Pastor, has appointed a voluntary liquidator despite being a solvent company.
Non-doms: South Africa’s richest woman is fighting to stay in the UK November 18, 2024 When it comes to leaving countries in a hurry, Magda Wierzycka has plenty of experience. At just 12 years old, the South African entrepreneur and her parents fled their native Poland under the the cover of night, becoming refugees after its communist government declared martial law. Ending up in South Africa – via an Austrian [...]
How to protect your wealth from inheritance tax November 7, 2024 The inheritance tax regime is changing but don’t panic – plan. Here’s how… The Chancellor’s Budget featured many ambitious promises, bold changes, and, of course, cuts. Among these was a reform to Inheritance Tax (IHT), which is the levy applied to the estate of someone who has passed. By bringing inherited pensions into the scope [...]
Autumn Budget 2024: Sweeping overhaul of inheritance tax regime revealed October 30, 2024 Alongside the changes to pension pots, the Chancellor said she was changing the taxation of gifts passed on during someone's lifetime.
Business will be looking at where taxes are going, not just where they are October 29, 2024 Tomorrow’s Budget announcements will capture immediate attention, but it’s the tax roadmap that could have the most enduring impact, says Chris Sanger The government’s decision to publish a corporate tax roadmap in this week’s Budget is intended to strengthen the UK’s economic foundations and attractiveness as a destination for capital. This move comes at a [...]
Labour is playing a ‘dangerous game’ with capital gains tax, think tank says October 25, 2024 Currently the rate for higher earners is 20 per cent, but it’s 24 per cent for residential property on secondary homes.
Lloyds finance chief calls for ‘pro-growth’ Budget amid fears of bank tax raid October 23, 2024 Lloyds Banking Group’s finance chief has suggested tax rises on UK banks could hinder lending and investment as the sector braces for a possible raid in the government’s maiden Budget next week. Speaking after Lloyds’ third quarter results this morning, William Chalmers said banks are already among Britain’s biggest taxpayers and the FTSE 100 group [...]
This Budget looks set to be more car park than roadmap October 23, 2024 You have probably read at least two dozen columns speculating on where those tax rises of doom are going to land in next week’s budget, so I’m not sure there is much more to say on the big topics of contention. We’ll find out soon enough whether employers’ National insurance (NI) really will go up, [...]
A warning to Reeves: These tax rises will damage UK competitiveness October 22, 2024 Not only is the UK tax burden at record levels, but we are raising money in a more damaging way than our competitors. And the Budget could be about to make things even worse, says Daniel Herring Next week, Rachel Reeves needs to try not to make the UK’s tax system worse. Yesterday the US-based [...]
UK banks brace for Budget tax raid despite lobbying efforts October 21, 2024 UK banks are bracing for a tax raid in Labour's maiden Budget as new analysis reveals the sector is already paying a significantly higher rate than counterparts in the US and EU.