May 20, 2021

Financial planning and your business

Owning your own business can be an intimidating experience. There are many things to...

May 18, 2021

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Property and IHT liability

Writing for Taxation magazine’s Readers’ Forum, BKL tax consultant Terry Jordan responds to a...

May 17, 2021

IR35 and The Big Match: Lineker v HMRC

Everyone knows about the IR35 rules.  Broadly, they apply if you provide your personal...

May 17, 2021

VAT on land and property: HMRC consultation

When the then-Chancellor Anthony Barber introduced VAT in the UK on April Fool’s Day...

May 11, 2021

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Insurance bond in a trust

Writing for Taxation magazine’s Readers’ Forum, BKL tax consultant Terry Jordan responds to a...

April 27, 2021

BKL event: An Evening With… Nick Starr CBE

On 27 April 2021, we were pleased to hold the second in our series...

April 27, 2021

Good news from HMRC: SDLT and buying a mix of commercial and residential properties

Different rates of stamp duty land tax (‘SDLT’) apply to residential and to non-residential...

April 7, 2021

Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings: action required!

The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) regime came into force on 1 April...

March 29, 2021

Donner et retenir ne vaut: IHT rules on gifts with reservation of benefit

Our recent article Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes highlighted one pitfall of the inheritance...

March 25, 2021

BKL event: An Evening With… Claude Littner

To mark our 40th anniversary, we held the first of our exclusive Evening With…...

March 24, 2021

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Buy-to-let transfer

Writing for Taxation magazine’s Readers’ Forum, BKL tax consultant Terry Jordan responds to a...

March 18, 2021

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes: IHT rules on lifetime gifts

The sad case of Kirsty Makin, reported in The Times this week, highlights the...