Tax and Financial Planning

• Religious Leader’s Employment Contract ‘Was Illegally Performed’

  • Posted13 July 2023

  Those who seek the protection of the law with metaphorical dirty hands are likely to receive short shrift. An Employment Tribunal (ET) powerfully made that point in the case of...

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• Tax Residency – Australian Entrepreneur Challenges Million-Pound CGT Bill

  • Posted30 June 2023

  The belief that you cease to be a UK resident for tax purposes simply by staying out of the country for a certain number of days is a common fallacy....

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• Need Help with Your Tax Affairs? Choose Your Advisers Carefully

  • Posted26 May 2023

  Many people who have little understanding of the tax system sensibly seek help from those with greater expertise. However, a case that exposed an apparent loophole in HM Revenue and...

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• Can Managing Your Personal Share Portfolio be a Trade for Tax Purposes?

  • Posted12 May 2023

  With widely differing degrees of success, many enthusiastic investors buy and sell shares on their own account in the hope of boosting their incomes – but can such activities be...

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• Domicile – Tax Tribunal Delves Back into a Century of Family History

  • Posted26 April 2023

  Discerning where an individual is domiciled for tax purposes can involve delving far back into his or her family history. In a case on point, a tax tribunal’s inquiries began...

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• Rugby Union Commentator Relieved of £700,000 Tax Demands in IR35 Appeal

  • Posted3 April 2023

  Many media personalities who provide their services via their own private companies have, in tax terms, expensively fallen foul of the so-called IR35 legislation. However, in one case, a Rugby...

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