Tax Planning

Auditors Baker Tilly are under investigation by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) following allegations of unethical conduct.

Higher rate taxpayers who do not pay into a pension scheme are missing out on a collective £225m in tax relief every year, according to data from Prudential.

More advisers are worried about their clients incurring lifetime allowance (LTA) tax charges, according to retirement wealth platform James Hay Partnership, which saw queries around the upper contribution limit spike in the last quarter.

Confusion surrounding the new pension rules could leave retirees with a large and unexpected tax bill, research suggests.

Married couples can benefit from setting up 'single settlor' trusts rather than joint trusts, writes Eddie O'Gorman.

The European Commission has called on the UK to raise taxes on higher value properties, build more houses and adjust the Help to Buy scheme.

How to protect a legacy after equity release

Credit Suisse is to pay fines of $2.6bn (£1.6bn) after pleading guilty to helping US clients evade tax.

Moving on up: Inheritance tax liabilities

Many middle-class professionals are paying an income tax rate of 60% as a result of a little-understood policy introduced by the last Labour government which affects more than 500,000 people, a leading economist has warned.