Rishi Sunak stood in front of the House of Commons with what appeared to be a relatively upbeat message. Whether the rhetoric becomes fact, only history will tell us, but at least there were no major surprises in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021. No news is good news for non-doms and investors The…
DetailsWhat is a Private Trust Company? For many years, wealthy families have used trusts to protect their wealth and maintain an element of control to avoid providing large sums of money to children in one go (among many other uses). Over recent years, some families have become more reluctant to give the full control to…
DetailsUK Budget 2021- An update for international clients and their advisers _________________________________________________________________________________ Almost a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chancellor addressed an almost empty House of Commons today to present his second full Budget. Declaring that his Budget “meets the moment”, Mr Sunak outlined a three part plan to help the country recover from…
DetailsRecent months have seen Trustees grappling with key changes to the UK Trust Register Since 2017, offshore trustees have been required to register non-UK trusts with HMRC to the extent that the trust was liable to UK Income Tax or Capital Gains tax. The “UK Trust Register”, as it is known, maintains a central register…
DetailsWe are living through exceptional days. Understandably, the spread of COVID-19 and the measures that have been implemented to delay its transmission mean that tax may not be at the forefront of people’s thinking. However, there may be significant tax consequences for those individuals forced to remain in the UK due to measures outside of…
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