Tax and Financial Planning

• Tax Investigations – Judge Authorises Disclosure of Credit Card Bills

  • Posted19 August 2019

  To what extent are the tax authorities entitled to delve into what would otherwise be your private financial information? The High Court tackled that issue in authorising disclosure of a...

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• Wealthy Online Investor in Bitcoin Futures a ‘Consumer’

  • Posted8 August 2019

  Can someone who trades in cryptocurrency futures or other sophisticated products via an online platform be viewed as a consumer? In a crucial decision for the investment sector, the High...

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• CGT Loss Occurs When Payment Made, Not Before

  • Posted18 July 2019

  When a personal guarantee has to be given in order to give a lender the security it needs, the guarantor hopes that the guarantee will never be called in. However,...

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• Court Allows Trust Error to Be Corrected

  • Posted5 July 2019

  Mistakes do happen, and in some circumstances they can be rectified by the courts. In a recent case, the wife of a man who died in 2015 went to...

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• Appealing Against a Tax Bill? Make Sure You Get a Fair Hearing!

  • Posted14 June 2019

  If you dispute a tax bill, you are entitled to a fair hearing of your appeal and specialist advice will ensure you get just that. In a case that demonstrates...

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• Share Sale Tax Avoidance Scheme Fails the Reality Test

  • Posted31 May 2019

  Judges interpret tax statutes in the real world and are experienced at looking beyond the detailed provisions of intricate transactions to discern their actual purpose. In a case exactly on...

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