Tax planning
Government delays IR35 reforms until 2021
Put back to April 2021
Tax hikes vital to meet govt spending promises, says IFS
Taxes will have to increase after the March Budget if the government plans to honour the spending plans in outlined last year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.
Jack Rose: EIS's role in answering tomorrow's challenges
For the first time in a quite a while we have a certain degree of political certainty, writes Jack Rose. And, with that clarity, perhaps a clearer picture of the road ahead…
Neil MacGillivray: The tax quirks of jointly held investments between spouses
While tax planning is relatively easy where investments are held in an individual’s own name, on Valentine's Day Neil MacGillivray says great care is needed when it comes to jointly held investments between spouses...
Jonathan Simmons: Three adviser challenges in the 'inheritance economy'
IHT to double by 2030
Ian Smart: The IR35 opportunities for advisers explained
The changes to IR35 tax rules are going to offer tax and life planning opportunities, writes Ian Smart, who explains all in this column...
Libby Holding: Can estate planning help tackle care fees?
Residential care fees are a hot topic at the moment, says Libby Holding, with increasing media coverage of people who have had all of their life savings and assets swallowed up by care fees in their later years...
Treasury plans to tackle NHS pension taper woes widely criticised
Wider reform desperately needed
AJ Bell launches low-cost retirement investment account
'Aggressive move without being throat-cutting'
Neil MacGillivray: Will the tax advantages for married couples and civil partnerships remain a happy home?
The new calendar year has come and gone and so, as we start the edge closer to the end of the tax year, Neil MacGillivray looks at the planning opportunities available to married couples and civil partners
Jonathan Simmons: IHT reduction solutions
'Select the right BR investments'
Neil MacGillivray: The angst of the High Income Child Benefit Charge
Lack of understanding
Jack Rose: How VCTs are shaping up in 2019/20
Popular offers in high demand
Lifetime allowance becoming 'less generous' despite increase
Increase from April 2020
Total IHT receipts reach £5.4bn in 2018/19
3% increase on previous tax year
IHT rules remain unclear to consumers, research finds
Zurich research reveals confusion
Neil MacGillivray: Simplifying IHT (Part 2) - Cutting through the complexities
OTS’s second report
Dawn Joughin: Beware - HMRC inheritance tax probes are on the rise
Residence relief a minefield
Christina Stone: IHT planning and intergenerational wealth transfers
‘Inheritance economy’
Neil MacGillivray: Simplifying IHT (Part 1) - The winners and losers
OTS’s second report