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Private client review for April 2021

Edward Reed and Sam Epstein (Macfarlanes) provide this month’s review of private client developments that matter.

Trust registration service: implementation delayed

HMRC has provided welcome confirmation that the proposed extension of the trust registration service (TRS) to include certain non-taxable trusts and to require those trusts which are currently registered to provide significant additional information will be delayed by several months.

By way of background as part of the implementation of the Fourth Money Laundering Directive the UK introduced the TRS in 2017 as a result of which certain express trusts with UK tax liabilities were required to register. The implementation of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive in the UK has greatly expanded the trust registration requirements as a result of which a significantly wider pool of trusts including certain non-tax paying trusts will be required to register. Additionally the scope...

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