Tax & Technical
Tax & Technical | 20 Mar 18
BBC could have avoided £170m in tax
A UK parliamentary select committee inquiry into pay at the BBC, a bungled system to push employees into freelance status, has revealed the perils of putting tax responsibility on individuals and the tax the BBC could have avoided.
North America | 6 Mar 18
US Apple tax could snare expats, warns IFA
US expats need to make sure they are not liable for a Trump tax aimed at multinationals hoarding cash outside America, Brussels-based financial adviser Brian Dunhill has warned.
Tax & Technical | 22 Feb 18
OECD residency abuse crackdown is ‘madness’
In a bid to shut down a loophole in the common reporting standard, the OECD has opened a consultation on the abuse of residence by investment schemes, a move that has been met with scepticism from legal experts.
Investment | 21 Feb 18
Researchers launch IHT portfolio index
Portfolios targeting inheritance tax mitigation have a new benchmark.
Best Practice | 21 Feb 18
Simplified IHT rules could go live in 2019
The UK’s Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) will publish a report on the processes and complexities around inheritance tax (IHT) in autumn 2018, opening the door to the possibility that IHT could be simplified within the next two years.