Tax Planning

Advisers warn a proposed substantial rise in capital gains tax (CGT) on so called 'non-business' assets could damage fragile investor activity.

Mark Benson examines the effect on equity markets of the forthcoming rise in CGT.

John Whiting of the Chartered Institute of Taxation mulls the implications of the coalition

Tory plans to raise the nil-rate inheritance tax (IHT) band to £1m are unlikely to survive a Lib Dem-Conservative coalition, warns Legal & General (L&G).

Richard Cook, MD of AVD UK, assesses the options open to advisers seeking to mitigate the impact on HNW clients of the recent jump in income tax.

Taxpayers and companies who deliberately evade taxes face having their names, addresses and details of their evasion made public under new legislation which comes into force today.

Sheriar Bradbury, MD of Bradbury Hamilton, assesses how advisers will be impacted as HMRC turns up the heat

Labour peer and donor Lord Paul will end his controversial "non-dom" status from the next tax year, he has confirmed.

Lord Ashcroft has saved more than £127m in British tax since he became a member of the House of Lords, according to estimates from Liberal Democrat research.

David Cameron is facing questions about how much he knew about Tory deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft's "non-dom" tax status.