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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…
More Stolen Data Threatens Bank Confidentiality
Germany has agreed to pay ?2.5 million to purchase stolen data on around 1,500 suspected tax evaders who are believed…
Global Recovery Underway Faster Than Predicted
At last the global downturn seems to have turned a corner as official figures indicate that the global economy is…
Time Not Timing?
We saw the encouraging 50% or so rises between March and the end of last year. We know stockmarkets still…
Emerging Markets Lead The World In Global Economic Recovery
Emerging markets performed well in 2009 and continue to lead the world in the global economic recovery. Their economies are…
Weigh Up The Benefits Of An Offshore Trust
It is estimated that approximately half the independent wealth in the world is held in one form of trust structure.…
UK?s Offshore Tax ?amnesty? Closes ? Now A Crackdown On The Middle Class
The application period for the UK?s second offshore tax ?amnesty? – the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO) – has come to…
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