Tax & Technical
Tax & Technical | 25 Mar 14
why use a structured note
In the first of this two-part feature, Platinum Financial Services’ Harpreet Sajjan explains how the use of a structured note can help your clients hit their investment targets.
Tax & Technical | 20 Mar 14
notes on Osbornes budget for the offshore
Beer drinkers and players enjoying free bingo games to play were not the only ones Chancellor George Osborne addressed in his budget; as Prudential’s Gerry Brown reports, he included provisions affecting non-natural persons, Offshore employment intermediaries, and other individuals and entities of the offshore world...
Tax & Technical | 11 Mar 14
discretionary trusts need not be
Much has been made of the complicated IHT and exit charges on discretionary trusts, but the income tax calculations are equally as complex. Mark Green, of I-Tax Solutions, offers financial advisers a simple, non-controversial method of mitigating the taxation
Tax & Technical | 10 Feb 14
are your clients protected from the lifetime
As the drop in the lifetime allowance looms, Brooklands Pension’s Chris Melville runs through the changes and the options open to your clients.
Tax & Technical | 22 Jan 14
the czech republics new trust law
The Czech Republic’s trust law is just 23 days old today‚ but already‚ wealth managers there and elsewhere are keen to learn more about it. Here‚ five Czech-based experts‚ who were involved in advising on its creation‚ and who are now involved in putting some of the jurisdiction’s first trusts together‚ discuss its features‚ attractions‚ and some lingering questions that they say have yet to be resolved.