Publications

Payments to personal service companies: Finance Bill update

Since 6 April 2017, special rules have applied where an individual’s services are provided...

Property Taxation 2019-20

Geraint Jones, private client tax partner at BKL, is a co-author of Tolley’s Property Taxation...

Dundas: the curious case of the capital allowances claim

When is a time limit not a time limit?  On the evidence of the...

R&D projects in the UK: finding your path to funding

As UK businesses continue to focus on innovating and standing out, research and development...

Cryptocurrency accounting

The popularity of cryptocurrencies has brought them into the corporate world, which in turn...

To give and to hold: capital gains tax holdover relief

Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) is a tax on, er, capital gains.  So how can...

Tax on home working and implications for individuals and businesses

In an article for What Investment UK, we explain how working from home has...

A Fortnight in Fintech: Bitcoin, blockchain, minibonds and milk

Where finance meets technology, interesting things continue to happen.  In recent weeks, our pursuit...

Is my compensation taxable? It depends…

A client recently asked us if damages received from an accountant who has given...

SBA: a new allowance that can slash your tax bill – and all legitimately!

In the 2018 Autumn Budget, the UK Government announced a new tax allowance –...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: annexation

Writing for Taxation magazine’s Readers’ Forum, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan answers a reader’s...

OTS Inheritance Tax review: our initial reactions

Keen-eyed readers may have spotted that on Friday the Office of Tax Simplification (“OTS”)...