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The draft legislation capping 100% BPR and APR has been published. Emma Heelis-Adams and Andrew Kerr (Burges Salmon) explore the details.
By ending the preferential treatment of discretionary pension schemes, the new rules aim to create parity across the public and private sectors, though at the cost of increased complexity for bereaved families and personal representatives.
Anthony Nixon (Paris Smith) argues that a recent case on IHT business property relief, which went in HMRC’s favour, in fact suggests that the restriction of the relief on ‘mainly investment’ grounds has been applied too widely.
The Shadow Treasury Minister in the House of Lords, Baroness Neville- Rolfe DBE CMG, explains why and how the Opposition challenged the Government’s NIC changes in the House of Lords.

A detailed report of this year’s Finance Act.

Anthony Nixon (Paris Smith) examines the first judicial ruling to accept that the double trust home loan scheme works to save inheritance tax.
After a wait of four months for more detail on the changes, what does the consultation document now tell us? While there are some helpful clarifications, not all of the concerns are addressed, write Hayden Bailey and Emma Haley (Boodle Hatfield).
Sarah Ling and Ellen Wildig (Macfarlanes) explore the wider impact for family-controlled businesses of the upcoming reforms to business property relief.

Alyssa Haggarty and Claire Weeks (Maurice Turnor Gardner) consider the status of the so-called ‘revenue rule’ and the options available to HMRC to seek assistance in the collection of tax abroad.
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