Tax & Technical

Tax & Technical | 10 Dec 13

All the benefits of good advice at the outset of investing your money in bonds can be undone by making bad decisions when withdrawing it. The need for the right advice is never greater than at this point.

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.