Financial Services & Tax

Articles

17 Feb 2015

Gift, loan, or investment?

The pitfalls of moving an elderly relative into your home in an attempt to save money on care home fees are not to be underestimated, says Caroline Cook

16 Feb 2015

CGT: a reason for letting go - case study

Stephen Chater revisits the tax relief incentives introduced last year to encourage employee ownership of UK companies

13 Feb 2015

Rebalancing the tax landscape

The number of considerations non-UK resident individuals have to make before purchasing residential property has recently increased significantly, and it shows no signs of slowing down, says James Sedgley

12 Feb 2015

Rhetoric on tax avoidance is 'disingenuous'

"The things that get written in newspapers do not stand up to the criminal test of evidence"

10 Feb 2015

Death bed gifts

Coming across a donatio mortis causa is very rare and proving it's validly can be equally obscure, but a couple of recent cases offer some welcome clarity

4 Feb 2015

Fifty shades of dismay

The FATF's decision to group Panama and Afghanistan in the same banking category is misleading and in need of clarification, says Derek Sambrook

2 Feb 2015

Europe's recovery on track

Coutts' global equity strategist, James Butterfill, provides an overview of what the ECB's quantitative easing program means for the Eurozone, bonds and European economic growth

2 Feb 2015

Business investment relief

The government introduced tax relief provisions for non-domiciled UK resident tax payers in the Finance Act 2012; Steve Wheeler offers guidance on how to take advantage of them