Tax Planning

Business leaders will today make a fresh plea to George Osborne to scrap the 50p rate of income tax and increase personal allowances to protect the British economy from the worst of the eurozone crisis.

Film tax relief, the Government's targeted tax break for the British film industry, has been extended until the end of December 2015.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is heavily scrutinising client engagement letters for evidence of tax evasion, a leading tax lawyer has warned advisers.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) chief executive and permanent secretary Dame Lesley Strathie is stepping down from her role because of ill health.

Paul Thompson, tax & estate planning consultant at Canada Life Limited, explains how your clients can stop their grandchildren frittering away their trust funds.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and ex-England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson have shared part of a £68,000 dividend in a film investment, but must wait to see whether it will yield £117m in promised tax benefits.

The Investment Management Association (IMA)'s head of tax Stephen Lynam is retiring after more than 30 years in the industry.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will target wealthy people who own property abroad, the department announced today.

HMRC has proposed that where advisers arrange transactions for clients their services will continue to be exempt from VAT post-RDR, under draft rules published today.

Andrew Meeson, the president of the Association of Tax Technicians (ATT), has stepped down from his post due to money laundering investigation.