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Death bed planning fails to save IHT

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

In Alberto Nader, Alison Nader, Harold Dickins & Ors v HMRC [2019] TC06524 the First Tier Tribunal found that a series of transactions designed to reduce the deceased's estate by creating a loan to an offshore trust was ineffective in reducing the IHT due on her death.

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First steps towards tougher audit watchdog

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s new chairman has promised faster implementation of the government-endorsed recommendations from last year’s ‘Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council’. The review excoriated the current audit regime and recommended setting up the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA) .

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GAAR panel: cash extraction by ES shares

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

The GAAR Advisory Panel has published an opinion on a number of schemes aiming at extraction of cash/value from a company by its directors/shareholders using Employee Shareholder shares and they conclude that the planning is unreasonable and therefore inconsistent with government tax policy.

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Login in to Xero

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

How to login to Xero. Login to Xero. How to find how to login to Xero, Where is Xero's login.

Can't find the login page, bored of it directing you to its forum? Look no further, its here: https://login.xero.com/

 

p.s. We are not Xero we just put up this page for some of our clients who say that they can never find the right page on their search engine.

Nichola's SME Tax W-update 4 October 2019

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

Hello

We have a new guide to company start-ups, a company update and lots more this time.

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Company Tax: What's New? FY2019

Last Updated: 07 September 2023

This guide is available to subscribers.

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The Swiss ban bearer shares

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

Switzerland is banning the issue of bearer shares by unlisted companies from 1 November 2019. 

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VAT when you sell a vehicle: issues with HMRC tool

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

It seems that there is currently an issue with HMRC’s ‘VAT when you sell a vehicle’ online tool which is producing incorrect results.

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IHT: Receipts up, reliefs down but paid by just 5% of estates

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

Recent figures released by HMRC about Inheritance tax in the UK show an increase in the value of estates and a drop in business and charitable relief claims. This resulted in increases in 2018/19 tax receipts to £5.4billion.

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Horse trading: no trade, no proof, no loss relief

Last Updated: 30 August 2023

In David Cliff v HMRC [2019] TC07358 the First Tier tribunal denied claims for trading loss relief by a tax consultant investing in racehorses; he had not proved there were any losses and was not trading commercially with a view to profit.

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