January 15, 2021

Fixing FHL failure

Commercial letting of furnished holiday accommodation (referred to as a furnished holiday letting or...

January 12, 2021

The Argo noughts: Transfer of Assets Abroad

In HMRC v Andreas Rialas [2020] UKUT 367 (TCC) the Upper Tribunal gives helpful...

January 7, 2021

Ordinary but not straightforward: preference share rights

The meaning of ‘ordinary share capital’ (‘OSC’) mattered greatly to Stephen Warshaw. If certain...

December 25, 2020

Immigration from Hong Kong to the UK: inheritance tax and gifts

With the UK Government opening the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa for applications...

December 17, 2020

SDLT: multiple dwellings, multiple complexities

Stamp Duty Land Tax (‘SDLT’) is not a simple tax. How much you pay...

December 16, 2020

Wealth Tax?

The Wealth Tax Commission was established in Spring 2020 with a brief to ‘provide...

December 4, 2020

Immigration from Hong Kong to the UK: inheritance tax

Interviewed by Hong Kong’s Next Magazine, BKL private client tax specialist Geraint Jones discussed...

November 27, 2020

Immigration from Hong Kong to the UK: non-domicile tax status

Interviewed by Hong Kong’s Next Magazine, BKL private client tax specialist Geraint Jones explained...

November 18, 2020

Immigration from Hong Kong to the UK: tax and clean capital

As the UK Government prepares to open the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa...

November 16, 2020

Financial services, EU trade and VAT recovery: good news

The Chancellor has confirmed that financial services (FS) businesses which trade with EU counterparties...

November 13, 2020

Looking forward at 40: BKL’s year

Thank you to AGN International for giving us an opportunity to write the following...

November 11, 2020

Business support loans and company debt: protecting your company

If you’re the owner of a small or medium-sized business, you may have borrowed...