ANALYSIS

The 2,000 cap: Generally, the pensions industry, businesses (of all sizes), pensioners and individuals will heave a collective sigh of relief that the Chancellors smorgasbord Budget has stayed away from tinkering with anything more than...

Given the kite flying since August, you could expect the real estate industry to take a collective sigh of relief today. Many of the more radical ideas did not come to pass, such as removing the exemption from CGT on selling a main home of a higher...

For the City of London, one of the most noteworthy tax reforms pursued by the Government since it was elected in 2024 has been the introduction of a new tax regime for carried interest, under which receipts will be taxed as trading income within the...

While not unexpected, given the pre-Budget leaks, one of the most impactful announcements for many employers and employees is the NI cap on pension salary sacrifice from April 2029. This was the third hypothetical scenario outlined in the research...

There were a few points of detail in relation to capital gains taxes, which will have fairly narrow application but are still of interest. Sales to Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) will now only qualify for 50% CGT relief rather than 100%. Changes...

HM Treasury has presented its long-awaited report to Parliament of its mandated review of the digital services tax, the controversial two per cent levy on revenues earned from the provision of social media, search engine and online marketplace...

When I originally suggested writing this comment piece, I thought I was going to be writing about exciting changes in partnership taxation, and various other interesting developments in the world of corporate tax. That all went out the window before...

After much fevered speculation many of the most concerning Budget measures, such as an exit tax or the alignment of CGT and income tax rates, did not transpire. However, a form of mansion tax is to be introduced, (sort of) via the current council tax...

There were several measures introduced by the 2025 Budget that will be of particular interest to HNW internationally mobile individuals, and I highlight a few of these below. 5m IHT cap for pre-October 2024 EPTs: There will be a 5m cap...

Fortunately, most of the pre-Budget scary stories did not come to fruition and many owner-managers breathed a sigh of relief! Of course, most of the tax damage for owner-managers took place last year, which has accelerated a lot...