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The Big Battle
There is at present a huge war going on for the soul of the buy-to-let landlord community. Two sets of promoters of tax avoidance “arrangements” are ranged up against each other: and they aren’t taking any prisoners. Whom is the
Buying a Property: A Tax Planning Checklist
You could be forgiven for thinking that buying a property was sufficient hassle anyway, without having to bother your head about tax matters at the same time. Unfortunately, though, making the wrong decision in any of the areas mentioned below
The Perils of the Property Company
It’s surprising how a seemingly innocuous structure for holding property can have us shivering with horror as tax advisers. One such is the parallel property holding company. The structure look likes this: a trading company occupies business premises, be they
Mediation – Alternative Dispute Resolution
You and the Revenue Who will mediate the mediators themselves? With due apologies to the Roman poet, Juvenal, this phase is called to mind by HMRC’s way of “mediating” disputes with taxpayers, for reasons which will become apparent. These days
Where are we on LLP’s?
To judge by the advice that a lot of accountants are giving their clients, you’d have thought that the LLP was dead. Always a minority interest, plugged by sneaky tax avoiders and those who write in the Schmidt Tax Report,