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09 Jul, 2019
In a month where Labour proposed their new progressive property tax to replace council tax, we take a look at what its impacts might be for current owners and future estate beneficiaries...
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07 Mar, 2019
When property interests are given away during life or at death, taxes are imposed on their transfer, as per Cyprus's tax law. Such taxes are known as estate and gift taxes...
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15 Feb, 2018
Nobody likes paying tax but it is something almost all of us have to do. We would all like to pay a little less tax to the tax authorities but we often overlook simple ways of doing so. It doesn't help that the UK tax rules are complicated but...
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30 May, 2017
When it comes to trusts, New Zealand (NZ) and the United States of America (US) are remarkably similar, as they appear to be the only OECD countries, with recognizable "foreign trust" regimes...
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16 May, 2017
I have been dealing with trusts, from many different jurisdictions, for more than 25 years. Not all those trusts have been discretionary but the majority have been and that is still the case today...
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02 Feb, 2017
The UK government announced at the outset of these reforms that it intended there to be some protection for those individuals who had set up offshore trusts before they became deemed-domiciled...
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02 Feb, 2017
The new rules will mean that IHT is charged on all UK residential property, including property held indirectly by non-doms through a structure such as an offshore company or a trust. As such, QNUPS could prove an effective IHT vehicle for those affected...
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28 Dec, 2016
There have also been significant fiscal changes since our last news later, mainly aimed at UK Res Non Doms. Perhaps the most significant one being the use of offshore entities to hold London property.
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21 Mar, 2014
The Budget on 19th March 2014 introduced some major changes to pension provision, which make them more flexible and hopefully more attractive as a long term savings vehicle. Some changes come into force as from 27th March 2014 and some from a later date.
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13 Jun, 2013
David Cameron recently reneged on the Conservative Party's pledge to reform the inheritance tax system. British expats should be on their guard.
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