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UK inheritance tax: The mounting impact on British families
UK inheritance tax is no longer a niche concern. Frozen allowances, rising asset values, pensions entering the tax net and tighter reliefs mean many...
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Taxing Times For The UK
A new tax year has just begun in the UK, bringing with it a new top rate of income tax.…
Market Review ? 1st Quarter Of 2010
We have asked Russell Investments for a summary of global stockmarket performance over the first three months of the year…
Testing Times For The Euro
Over the last three years, the currency story for British expatriates has all been about the Pound Sterling and its…
Spain, The UK And Double Taxation
When people leave the UK to live in Spain, they worry about leaving the system they know, moving to a…
Can Switzerland Hang Onto Its Old Banking Secrecy Laws? – Part 1
Switzerland has a long tradition of banking secrecy, which, until recently, made it very easy for the wealthy to store…
Can Switzerland Hang Onto Its Old Banking Secrecy Laws? – Part 2
In Part 1 I looked at some of the ways in which Switzerland?s long held principle of banking secrecy is…
The UK?s Taxing Budget
While Chancellor Alistair Darling?s last Budget under the current administration contained few direct tax increases, it was nonetheless a budget…
Gaines-Cooper And UK Tax Residency ? The Court?s Judgement
The Court of Appeal has released its judgment on UK tax residency in the Gaines-Cooper case. This is probably the…
Spanish Capital Gains Tax Relief on the Main Home
The Spanish gains tax regulations can provide relief on the sale of the main home for Spanish tax residents whose…
Tax Increases Will Burden Generations To Come
The world?s worst financial crisis in living memory created a roll-on effect that will test governments for years to come…
Liechtenstein?s Stolen Tax Data Paves Way For Compensation Claims
A surprising twist has come to light two years after an informant stole data foreign account holders from a bank…
Taxpayer Loses Residency Appeal
One of the great myths of tax planning is that spending less than 91 days (or nights) in the UK…
A Taxing Future?
Throughout Europe economies are buckling under the weight of swollen budget deficits. Besides the costs of the financial stimulus measures…
QROPS ? Maximising Your UK Pension Fund When You Live Overseas
When you move from one country to another, you should review your wealth management arrangements to ensure they will work…
Wealth Management In The 21st Century
When you compare the financial planning landscape we had in the 1990s to what we have today, a decade into…
Plan Ahead For Tax If You Or Your Wealth May Return To Britain
Just as forward tax mitigation and wealth planning is advantageous before you leave the UK to live overseas, it is…
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