Best Practice | 12 Jan 18
Scots ignorant of international privilege
Unmarried Scots, even those who have lived abroad for long periods, have a right to raise a claim to a partner’s estate in the event of separation.
Best Practice | 11 Jan 18
10 steps to avoid being hit with 40% IHT in 2018
With inheritance tax payments hitting a record high at the end of 2017, the new year is a good time for advisers to ensure that clients are being as tax efficient as possible when passing on wealth to future generations, law firm Collyer Bristow has advised.
Trust company launches tax planning tool for expats
Sterling Trust has launched a specialist arm of the business, offering a variety of bespoke products to the international market place.
EU tax evasion and money laundering rules come into force
The EU’s long anticipated tax cooperation directive (2011/16) has come into full effect.
IFA ordered to compensate client’s Caribbean investments
An IFA has been ordered to reimburse a client’s losses after she invested her pension into an off-plan Caribbean hotel scheme.