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Insurance

Timothy Goodger, partner at City law firm Elborne Mitchell LLP, considers why CWBs are under so much scrutiny.

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Broking Business

Credit write-backs – a breach of trust law?

Insurance

Whatever the circumstances of your wish to provide perks to staff, there are tax issues to take into account. We look at the common ways that brokers can provide share incentives and the key tax considerations.

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Broking Business

Employee share options: how they trigger tax

Insurance

We explore the benefits of a control-based approach to data protection. How does it contribute to a secure and compliant environment? And what new approaches have recently been approved in the UK?

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Broking Business

Privacy in check: the control advantage

Personal Tax

Landlords are feeling the pinch from new mortgage interest rates. We set out the survival options in the current climate.  

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TaxTalk

Considerations for landlords facing increasing mortgage interest rates

Corporate Tax

Due to increasingly high interest rates, more companies are now likely to fall within the CIR regime. We outline what the rules mean, the interaction with other tax legislation and what the next steps are for companies.

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TaxTalk

High interest rates: how they affect the Corporate Interest Restriction (CIR)

Transfer Pricing

Soaring UK inflation and interest rates, the highest for over a decade, mean cost of living pressures and economic uncertainty. What’s the impact for businesses and their financing arrangements from a transfer pricing perspective?

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TaxTalk

Transfer pricing in a high interest rate environment

VAT

A significant VAT dispute with HMRC reached the First-tier Tribunal decision stage in December. Mark Ellis focuses on the key takeaways regarding ‘reasonable care’.

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TaxTalk

VAT: don’t get caught out for being ‘careless’ – lessons for VAT practitioners and businesses

Personal Tax

In the Spring Budget the Chancellor announced that the remittance basis for non-domiciled individuals will end in April next year. Make sure you’re ready for the new regime.

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TaxTalk

Changes to the UK non-dom regime

Sometimes considered a ‘mansion tax’, ATED can affect any company owning residential properties. Here’s the latest news, to make sure you are home and dry when it comes to taxes.

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Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings: an update

Financial Services

If your firm is preparing for a CASS 6 and 7 audit, our regular conversations with the FCA may provide some crucial guidance. We explore four common breaches and make recommendations on how to avoid breaching the rules.

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CASS 6 and 7 Update: Common breaches and areas of regulator focus

Tax

It’s easier than you think to fall foul of the complicated VAT rules for natural resources holding companies. We help you steer through the obstacles.  

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UK VAT: how to keep your natural resources company ahead of HMRC

Tax

We explore the regulations and offer guidance on how natural resources companies can minimise the effect of withholding taxes on their extraction funds.

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Extracting the profits of extraction: withholding taxes on oil, gas or mining extraction funds