Tax and Financial Planning

• Businessman Pays Dearly for Delay in Lodging VAT Penalty Appeal

  • Posted13 March 2023

  Those dissatisfied with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) decisions must exercise any right of appeal within tight legal time limits and should consult a solicitor as a matter of urgency....

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• Landowner Relieved of £98,000 Stamp Duty Bill in Country House Appeal

  • Posted27 February 2023

  Large houses set amidst rolling acres are an abiding feature of English rural life – but should such properties necessarily be viewed as wholly residential? In answering that question in...

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• Shareholders Relieved of Income Tax Liability on Dividends that Went Unpaid

  • Posted7 February 2023

  Shareholders are obviously liable to pay Income Tax on their dividends, but what if a declared dividend is not – and, in reality, never will be – paid? A tax...

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• You Are Entitled to Rely on Ostensibly Competent Professional Tax Advice

  • Posted17 January 2023

  When it comes to tax matters, there is a tendency for fiscally inexperienced people to simply sign whatever documents their accountants put in front of them. That can be a...

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• Mortgage Brokers’ Duties Come Under Analysis in Guideline Ruling

  • Posted28 December 2022

  To what extent are mortgage brokers required to consider the security or otherwise of underlying investments that their clients hope will, in due course, repay a loan? The High Court...

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• Football Match Attendance Proves Pivotal in UK Residency Tax Dispute

  • Posted13 December 2022

  In order to establish that you have become a non-UK resident for tax purposes, you need to show a change in the pattern of your life amounting to a real...

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