Financial Services & Tax

Articles

The business of IHT

It's very difficult to reduce inheritance tax exposure, but clients may have some luck by investing in shares exempt from the tax, says Scott Gallacher

Trusts - down but not out

Legalisation and public perception have reduced the popularity of trusts as wealth structuring tools, but they still hold great value says James Ward

Keeping to your word

The ground occupied by claimants in a proprietary estoppel case is never certain, and the claim may do irreparable damage to their relationship, warns Leah Steele

Europe on the mend

Europe has found it trickier to overcome the economic downturn than most expected, but there are promising signs of life again, says Claire Bennison

Clear as mud

Divorce settlements involving farmland are informed by strong case law, but they have tended to continually contradict themselves, warns Jane Keir

HMRC to continue tax avoidance clampdown

Many of the chancellor's policies have been called nothing more than 'electioneering'

Tax disclosure opportunities to close early

The government is successfully making it extremely difficult to hide undeclared funds from HMRC

Osborne revamps ISAs and rewards savers

The government could potentially contribute up to £6000 towards a couples deposit on their first home