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Patrick Kennedy talks about the role assignment can play as a tax deflecting strategy.

Life assurance policies have many facets and features, although some of them are easy to overlook. Single premium bonds are long-established investment vehicles that have survived the test of time. Where they provide us with an advantage, especially if this potentially offers valuable tax benefits, then they should be uppermost in our minds. Way back, when they were originally a new breed of investment vehicle, HM Treasury positioned them as a tax privileged arrangement due to how they were structured. The list below shows many of these features still prevail, which is amazing given the ...

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