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QROPS ? Helping Improve Your UK Pension For Your Life in Portugal
Whenever you take any wealth management decisions, whether it?s investment, tax planning or pensions, they should be based on your…
Protect Your Wealth With A Trust
Trusts are an increasingly invaluable legal instrument for British expatriates? wealth management needs, including asset protection, tax mitigation and estate…
How Much Of Your Estate Will You Leave To The Taxman?
Unlike many other UK taxes, UK inheritance tax (IHT) will follow you around the world. You cannot leave it behind…
Don?t Let Your Spanish Electricity Meter Give You A Tax Fine
Many foreign nationals, including Britons, living in Spain fail to declare themselves to the tax authorities. This is sometimes because…
A Cautionary Tale – UK Tax Cheat Gets Much More Than He Bargained For
While most people know they are obliged to declare all their income on their tax return, not everyone does ?…
Another UK Tax Residency Case Won By HMRC
Last year we had the Court of Appeal ruling in the high profile UK tax residency case of Robert Gaines-Cooper,…
Investors Positive on Global Equities
According to a February survey, investors are currently the most ?bullish? on global equities than they have been over the…
Latest Debates Regarding Wealth Tax, Bouclier Fiscal And Taxation of Assets In France
At the end of November 2010 Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he would get rid of the Bouclier Fiscal (which limits…
Could You Save Tax As A Resident Of France?
In all of the years that Blevins Franks have been giving tax and wealth management advice to expatriates around the…
How Will French Succession Law And Tax Affect Your Family?
None of us want to think about the day we will shuffle off this mortal coil, but on the other…
QROPS ? Helping Improve Your UK Pension For Your Life in France
Whenever you take any wealth management decisions, whether it?s investment, tax planning or pensions, they should be based on your…
Spanish Government Successful In Fighting Tax Evasion
We?ve written in previous articles about how the Spanish government, along with other European authorities, have stepped up their crackdown…
The Importance Of Long-Term Relationships
A good and long relationship with your wealth manager can be very rewarding for you, financially and also emotionally. It…
Pension Lump Sums Now Taxed In France
Until now, foreign pension lump sums received by French residents were not taxed in France. However, starting 1st January 2011,…
Looking To Beat The Banks For Capital Growth
Bank interest rates in both the UK and Europe remain at record lows, where they been since spring 2009, and…
UK Pensions News For the Expatriate
This article is a round up of pensions news which could potentially affect British expatriates. Changes to UK pension regulations…
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