IHT

Andrew Goldstone and Helen Manis (Mishcon de Reya) review the latest developments that matter in the private client arena

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

Hints of things to come, by Sophie Dworetzsky (Withers).

Andrew Goldstone and Victoria Howarth (Mishcon de Reya) review recent developments, including civil partnerships, HMRC’s solicitors tax campaign, and the implications of Kicks v Leigh, Chadda v HMRC and Kennedy v Kennedy.

Inaccuracy in an IHT return

Jo Summers (PWT Advice) answers a query regarding a client who wants to add funds to a trust that someone else set up

IHT: severance of joint tenancy

Practitioner views on the Autumn Statement:

• Helen Lethaby (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) examines the impact on big business;
• Simon McKie (McKie & Co) reviews the private client perspective;
• James Bullock (Pinsent Masons) considers enforcement and compliance issues;
• David Whiscombe (BKL Tax) assesses the impact on SMEs;
• John Whiting (OTS) gives the Office of Tax Simplification’s view; and
• John Hawksworth (PwC) provides an economic perspective.

Andrew Goldstone (Mishcon de Reya) examines the government’s long awaited final proposals for CGT on non-UK residents owning UK residential property.