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With speculation over the alignment of CGT and income tax rates, Claire Withers and Nigel Watson (Burges Salmon) ask what that would mean for employee equity and which policy choices it would leave unresolved.
The options for taxing wealth are challenging. Dom Rothbarth (Boodle Hatfield) assesses the Chancellor’s options.
With capital gains tax once again under scrutiny, former practitioner David Martin considers the principles that should underpin reform, from lower rates and rollover relief to the relationship between CGT and income tax.
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Alice Martin, Elena Dunn and Carolyn Steppler (Charles Russell Speechlys) consider the UK tax and practical risks arising from offshore trust loans, including unexpected IHT exposure, settlor charges and the consequences of irrecoverable debts.
Consultant Ros Martin provides an overview of this year’s Finance Act, including reforms to income tax and inheritance tax, the recast carried interest regime, changes to capital allowances and venture capital schemes, and expanded compliance and anti-avoidance provisions.
The Budget changes may have reduced the appeal of selling a company to an EOT but it remains a tax-efficient option, write Matthew Emms and Chris Barker (BDO).
The Autumn Budget 2025 tightens anti-avoidance rules for share reorganisations. Peter Morley and Jamie Robson (Pinsent Masons) explain what tax professionals need to be aware of.
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...
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...
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...
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