Beware boutiques bearing gifts: property, stamp duty and treading with care
If you’ve made a property purchase, you may then have been contacted by a...
Proposed FCA regulations affecting crypto firms from January 2020
An update from our financial services team in conjunction with The MPAC Group. The...
Making Tax Digital: the first six months, the next six months
The government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative has progressed more slowly than originally planned,...
Review of loan charge deferred
In September the Government commissioned Sir Amyas Morse to carry out an independent review...
Stability amidst volatility: Isle of Man and tax advantages
Writing for EPrivateClient’s Isle of Man Report 2019, BKL private client partner Geraint Jones...
Capital gains tax on property: changes from April 2020
On 6 April 2020, capital gains tax (CGT) on property is changing. This is...
Voluntary donations of IHT
When a life insurance policy pays out, the default position is that the value...
Is it still worth getting involved with cryptocurrency?
Some of the biggest retailers in the world, including Starbucks and Burger King, now...
Home VAT home: VAT costs on home ownership and renting
Buying, owning or renting a home gives you a lot to think about, especially...
The hanging haystacks of Babylon: is this a business for VAT purposes?
Babylon Farm Limited (“Babylon”) submitted an appeal against HMRC’s decision to disallow VAT recovery....
Personally owned business assets: halfway to BPR
One of the most valuable reliefs from Inheritance Tax (“IHT”) is Business Property Relief...
Child Benefit pension benefits
Child Benefit has been around since the 1970s. It got complicated when the High...