Financial Services & Tax

Articles

4 Feb 2021

Covid recovery wealth tax

Matthew Duncan considers the implications of a proposed wealth tax to help fund significant shortfalls in the public purse

29 Jan 2021

UK/EU divergence

5 Jan 2021

Money-laundering: register by Sunday or stop tax advice work

Firms and freelance solicitors have until Sunday 10 January to check whether any of their tax advice work falls within the new definition for money-laundering purposes 

29 Dec 2020

Post-Brexit trade deal: limited rights for lawyers are better than none

UK solicitors and barristers will, as New Year dawns, still be able to advise EU clients on UK and public international law 

9 Dec 2020

Proposed wealth tax an 'exceptional' crisis response

A so-called wealth tax on UK individuals has been proposed by the Wealth Tax Commission as a crisis response to covid-19

25 Nov 2020

From doleiros in Janeiros to London's real estate

Lawyers must break the chain of financial crime, Stephen Baker and Jessica Henson say 

21 Oct 2020

Saving for the future

The benefits of a pension scheme for self-employed partners far outweigh the complexity of the pension rules, according to Howard Hackney 

9 Sept 2020

Check frozen assets list, urges SRA

Solicitors must check the latest treasury list of frozen assets and report by 16 October if they are holding client monies subject to financial sanctions