Principal private residence relief
The government’s ‘shares for rights’ scheme, which allows staff to give up their employment rights in exchange for equity stakes and was introduced this month with the aim of boosting business start-ups, has been reported in the Financial Times as ‘helping to cut executive tax bills in t
Whether house used as principal private residence
HMRC has publicised the fact that a new employment status – that of the employee shareholder – took effect from 1 September 2013.
People have until 9 August to tell HMRC about any unpaid tax on property sales, and until 6 September to pay the tax owed under the department’s property sales campaign, under a tax ‘amnesty’ HMRC introduced earlier this year.
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HMRC has designated the London-based ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange (ISDX) as a recognised stock exchange under ITA 2007 s 1005(1)(b), and as a recognised stock exchange for inheritance tax purposes, with effect from 25 April 2013.