Financial Services & Tax

Articles

18 Aug 2015

All change, please

The EU Succession Regulation is now in effect. Advisers must ensure that both they and their client's are aware of its significant effects, says Rachel Diedrich

7 Aug 2015

The great escape

When trouble is brewing at home and there is little sign of it subsiding, we might all benefit from taking a leaf out of the Brazilian president's book

6 Aug 2015

HMRC defeats accelerated payments legal challenge

The tax authority expects to issue 64,000 notices by 2016 and bring in £5.5bn in disputed tax

6 Aug 2015

FCA and HMRC launch financial advice review

'The reality is that many people cannot afford to pay for good quality independent financial advice'

6 Aug 2015

HMRC defeats employment giant at Court of Appeal over £158m of unpaid tax

Expense payments found to be part of employed temps' ordinary salary payments

5 Aug 2015

Gifts with strings - a taxing problem

Gifting away your assets is one of the more straightforward ways to reduce IHT exposure but nothing can protect you from beneficiaries who turn their backs on you

27 Jul 2015

The road less travelled

Startups, fresh ideas and innovation; all the hallmarks of the young entrepreneur, right? Shweta Jhajharia disagrees

23 Jul 2015

Never mind the budget

George Osborne managed to deliver a budget which appears to offer a few giveaways, without actually giving much away