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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...

Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings: action required!

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

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...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Buy-to-let transfer

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

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes: IHT rules on lifetime gifts

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

When is an employment not an employment? Atholl House Productions

Another day, another case about the tax status of a TV presenter. This time...

End of Uber’s road trip: drivers are workers

On 19 February the Supreme Court published its decision in the Uber case, thus...

Cash and the recovery: Futureproof your business

The beginning of the end, it seems, is in sight. In the months ahead...

BKL and LTSB: achieving together

For National Apprenticeship Week 2021, we’re reflecting on our nine-year relationship with Leadership Through...

To incorporate or not to incorporate: residential property portfolios

On 1 April the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) zero rate band for residential...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Trust gains

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

Cars: beware of benefits

The recent First-tier Tribunal case of Tim Norton Motor Services Ltd [2020] UKFTT 503...