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21 Nov, 2014
Last month HMRC published the Draft Guidance on the pension flexibility that is being introduced from 6th April 2015. It runs to no less than 38 pages, confirming that once again (sadly) there is no such thing as simplicity in pensions.
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21 Nov, 2014
The Chancellor announced on 29th September that the tax payable by a pension fund when the member dies would be changed and in many cases would be reduced/abolished from 6th April 2015
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21 Nov, 2014
At long last the FCA has issued their final decision on the amount of Capital Adequacy that a SIPP Provider will in future be required to hold.
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19 Nov, 2014
A lot has taken place since the Russian President Vladimir Putin had called for the deoffshorization of the Russian economy in order to repatriate capital being channeled in offshore jurisdictions and to combat tax avoidance.
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19 Nov, 2014
A more varied selection of articles this month. The hot topic is of course the 2015 changes in the UK and their impact on QROPS. Weve selected a couple of these for this Bulletin. Were expecting more detail with the Autumn Statement this month, so watch this space.
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21 Oct, 2014
We have another short Bulletin this month. This is as a result of filtering out the bombardment of articles about Public Sector Schemes, which seems to be the current target of choice...
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13 Oct, 2014
MOKAS functions under the Attorney General of the Republic and it is composed of representatives of the Attorney General, the Chief of Police, and the Director of the Department of Customs and Excise, accountants and financial analysts...
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30 Sep, 2014
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting is a hot topic within the international tax community, spurred on by the G20 backed OECD initiative. The OECD has outlined a stringent time frame to implement recommendations. What are the other approaches that could be adopted?
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12 Sep, 2014
A shorter Bulletin this month, with only a few articles selected. This is mainly due to the large volume of articles flooding the ether of the buy now while stocks last variety, largely generated in response to next years changes in the UK. Our view is that we should see what develops.
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06 Jun, 2014
From September 2014 HMRC will require all scheme administrators of SSASs to be fit and proper persons, with sufficient knowledge of pensions tax legislation and related duties and liabilities. Under the new rules either...
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