House Prices Accelerating
‘The Halifax has said that house prices are rising at their fastest annual rate...
Results of Help to Buy Taking Effect
The Times reports that the government’s Help to Buy scheme has enabled a thousand...
Taxation: Settlor’s spouse
Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan considers a discretionary settlement where the...
Stamp duty revenue set to soar
‘Government measures to boost the housing market are set to produce billions of pounds...
House price gap between London and the UK ‘widest ever’
‘The gap between house prices in London and the rest of the UK is...
Taxation: Mother India
Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan considers the domicile status of a...
Robinsons – barely altered: VAT and SDLT on sale of let property
It’s always been accepted that the sale of a let property can, subject to...
Taxation: Trust renovation
Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan offers advice on an elderly...
Loans to participators: old pitfalls still exist
In the excitement of the Budget Day extensions to the s455 charge, practitioners should...
Internships: when does NMW apply?
There has been some publicity lately on HMRC’s crackdown on unpaid internships – more,...
Warning Against Home Protection Schemes
Rosie Murray-West writing in the Telegraph reports that homeowners are being warned to be...
Rent Controls Not The Answer
‘Allister Heath, writing in the Telegraph, says that the average rent in England and...