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The lack of clarity provided by case law, coupled with a tinkering to the rules by Finance Acts, has led to an increasingly confused picture on PPR relief, writes Helen McGhee (Joseph Hage Aaronson).
CGT and uncompleted contracts.
The period of ownership commences from completion.
Ashley Greenbank (Macfarlanes) considers the BPR aspects of the Office of Tax Simplification's IHT report.
Although simplification was the aim, the report has inevitably strayed into matters of policy and it proposes some potentially significant changes, writes Sue Laing (Boodle Hatfield).
The latest OTS report on IHT explores complexities and technical issues around gift exemptions, lifetime gifts, and distortions in the way business property relief and agricultural property relief operate.
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A '20 questions' guide to this most valuable relief.

Proposals to the Labour party on possible reforms to the taxation of land would, if implemented, radically change the tax landscape.

Is it possible that this unhappy episode could be coming to a conclusion? 

Partnerships are funny things, in many ways. None more so than for tax, and for CGT in particular.

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