Tax & Technical

Tax & Technical | 22 Nov 13

As we await the outcome of a consultation on the naming and shaming of tax avoiders, Baker Tillys head of tax risk and investigation, Mike Down, reflects on the strategy so far.

Tax & Technical | 15 Nov 13

Changes are coming to UK workplace pensions. Brooklands Pensions' Mark Sanderson explores what they might look like and how they will impact clients.

Tax & Technical | 13 Nov 13

Following heavy cuts in pension allowances, and more expected within the year, an offshore bond is a useful consideration to complement a pension fund. The trick is to invest both to best effect.

Tax & Technical | 24 Oct 13

This week HMRC announced that it would be clamping down on companies offering to liberate pension funds for individuals. But despite the UK’s pensions minister calling the actions of these firms “fraudulent”, the issue looks set to continue for quite some time to come, says Gary Heynes, private client group partner at Baker Tilly.

Tax & Technical | 22 Oct 13

From 5 August 2013, AIM stocks became a permitted ISA investment. Within a month the first fund group introduced an AIM ISA inheritance tax saving product the first of many. These changes may alter the advice offered to international clients.