June 10, 2020

How good bookkeeping can support you through challenging times

In dealing with coronavirus and lockdown, many businesses have struggled and have had to...

June 1, 2020

The (Ver)milion-dollar question revisited: share options

Last year, we reported on a case in which the First-tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) surprisingly held that...

May 22, 2020

You know what I mean: statutory construction

In construing legislation, the basic assumption is that the law means what it is...

May 20, 2020

Taxpayer completes victory: VAT recovery on self-build

If you build your own home from scratch, you can make a claim to...

April 27, 2020

Accounting dates and the advantages of changing them

The take-away from this article (which may be as much as any of our...

April 23, 2020

Using market falls to mitigate IHT

BKL tax consultant and inheritance tax specialist Terry Jordan has contributed to Investors Chronicle’s...

April 20, 2020

Waiving remuneration

Employees or directors may be thinking about accepting reduced remuneration packages, or waiving remuneration,...

April 9, 2020

Banks defeated: IHT and “transfers of value”

Not Barclays and HSBC, you understand; we mean Arron Banks – the well-known (former)...

April 8, 2020

Changes to taxation of non-resident corporate landlords

2019/20 was the last tax year in which non-resident landlord (NRL) companies with a...

April 6, 2020

CGT on residential property: don’t overlook deemed disposals

From 6 April 2020, the rules on making returns and paying tax which were...

April 1, 2020

Frequently asked questions about VAT

While many sectors have their own VAT complexities, here are answers some of the...

April 1, 2020

Working from home and tax relief

For office workers and others across the UK, working from home has become the...