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Double-bubble Gift Aid: its availability and its limitations

Tax law encourages donations to charity. Where the qualifying conditions (which are not very...

VAT on holiday accommodation

You don’t charge VAT on residential lettings, right?  So that’s one thing residential landlords...

Strategic decision: remuneration trusts

At best, a tax avoidance scheme works.  At second best, it doesn’t work, but...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Potentially exempt transfer

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

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Beneficiary of a will trust

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

Alternative finance for businesses: exploring your options

The past decade or so has been a rollercoaster for lending to small and...

Avoiding penalties: Portview Fit-Out

If a tax avoidance scheme which you have implemented fails to achieve its objective,...

The tax-efficient benefits of electric company cars

Writing for ICAEW TAXline, Sam Inkersole explains how electric company cars offer a favourable...

Metropolitan International Schools: record decision

The First-tier Tribunal case of Metropolitan International Schools Ltd [2021] UKFTT 438 (TC) was...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Inheritance tax

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

Rules is rules: VAT input tax requirements

Mpala Mufwankolo ran a pub in Tottenham, renting the property from a landlord who...

Corporate munificence: beware

Using your private company to make charitable donations can be sensible and tax-efficient: donations...