Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 5 Apr 16
HMRC bags record £4bn in IHT
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has raised more than £4bn ($5.7bn, €5bn) in revenues from inheritance tax (IHT) for the first time in its history, according to the latest figures published by the UK tax office.
Tax & Regulation | 4 Apr 16
HMRC crackdown nets big CGT haul
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has collected more than £150m ($213m, €188m) following a crackdown on unpaid capital gains tax (CGT) over the past 12 months.
Tax & Regulation | 4 Apr 16
Document leak ‘biggest ever blow to the offshore world’
Around 11.5 million leaked documents from a Panama-based law firm have exposed the offshore holdings of politicians, sports stars and public officials around the world.
New S. Korea IFA model a ‘turning point in rebuilding trust’
Barings’ chief executive in South Korea, Thae Khwarg, has said that he ‘welcomes’ proposed changes announced by the country’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) which would allow IFAs to provide independent advice while adopting a new fee-based only regime similar to the UK.
Tax & Regulation | 31 Mar 16
Financial advice industry needs to ‘come clean’ on exit fees
UK chancellor George Osborne’s recent announcement to cap investment and pension exit fees is a big step in the right direction towards tackling punitive investment and pension exit fees, says David Pugh, director of The Fry Group, Singapore.