Thomas Barker and Janet Pierce (Charter Tax Consulting) explain the bad news and good news from the latest condoc on non-dom reforms.
According to a recent High Court judgment, the words ‘the time the settlement was made’ are capable of describing both the making of the original settlement and the subsequent addition of property to that settlement, writes Peter Vaines (Squire Patton Boggs).
Andrew Goldstone and Sarah Albury (Mishcon de Reya) review the latest developments that matter in the private client arena, including: HMRC’s hat trick of wins in cases against schemes promoted by NT Advisors; a consultation on VCTs; Lobler and rectification for the partial surrender of insurance policies; online filing of IHT accounts from August; and Tager and punitive tax-related penalties
Jo Summers (PWT Advice) answers a query regarding a client who wants to add funds to a trust that someone else set up