23-01-2024
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 24 January 2024, including: time to pay arrangements; preparing for changes on moving goods from Ireland to Great Britain; HMRC research on VAT penalty reform; insolvency guidance on operating PAYE; and updates to the process for applying for probate.
Anthony McManus
23-01-2024
An explanation of the role of trusts in personal financial planning.
Professional Standards Department
07-11-2023
As a member of the Probate Service User Group, the ICAEW Regulatory Policy team regularly meet with Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to raise your questions and feedback. Find out what improvements are being planned for Autumn 2023 in HMCTS.
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Julie Butler
27-10-2023
Despite all the news about the housing sector slowing down, the demand for farmland for development has remained strong, with reduced profit margins due to costs. Tax on the sale of land for development can be very complicated. In most cases the gain on the sale of land should be chargeable to capital gains tax (CGT) but in some cases the profit can be charged to income tax and this takes considerable planning in advance.
ICAEW
03-10-2023
In its recent report, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) considers several options for reforming inheritance tax (IHT). These include raising the IHT nil rate band (NRB), or capping key IHT reliefs such as business property relief (BPR) and agricultural property relief (APR).
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Andrew Cockman
29-09-2023
Andrew Cockman reviews the recent Elborne First-tier Tribunal decision and considers the practical impacts the case may have for practitioners with clients who still have home loan schemes in place.
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Mei Lim Cooper
03-08-2023
Inheritance tax has been in the public eye again in recent months, sparking media debate on the merits and demerits of one of the UK’s least favourite taxes. Mei Lim Cooper looks at some of the pitfalls and planning points for inheritance tax as it stands.
ICAEW
01-08-2023
Reforms to the tax treatment of EOTs and EBTs proposed in the paper are intended to focus the rules more effectively on the policy objectives of rewarding employees and encouraging more employee engagement. Another objective is to prevent tax advantages being obtained through the use of these trusts outside their intended purposes.
ICAEW
24-07-2023
HMRC confirmed its position on digital records and signatures in Agent Update 110. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty is encouraging HMRC to conduct a wider review of this area.
ICAEW Insights
03-07-2023
The UK’s national tax burden is on the up and people’s expectations of fiscal policy are shifting. We tour the globe to discover how the UK’s taxes compare internationally.