Tax | Tax Updates: May 2012

Briefing you on all the latest technical tax news

1 May 2012

Business Tax

Personal Tax

| Dodwell: Tax policy on the hoof?

Deloitte's head of tax policy questions the wisdom of government proposals to cap relief on charitable donations

26 Apr 2012

Personal Tax

| Osborne avoids quiz on retro tax law

The Chancellor has a lucky escape as the Treasury Select Committee only queries pre-Budget leaks

25 Apr 2012

Personal Tax

| Council top brass use ‘tax avoidance’ schemes

30 Mar 2012

Personal Tax

Tax | Budget 2012: Analysis

A rundown of the key points and changes in corporate and personal taxation, as well as the introduction of a UK GAAR and imprudent Royal Mail pensions

23 Mar 2012

Budget

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Tax | Budget 2012: Checklist

The highlights from the chancellor's speech in bullet-point form

22 Mar 2012

Budget

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Tax | Budget 2012: Personal tax

George Osborne’s focus this year remains stability and the shoring-up of government finances, although better than expected borrowing figures have given him some room for manoeuvre.

21 Mar 2012

Budget

Personal Tax

| Offsetting school fees

Paying for private education is a costly affair. Rhona MacKinnon outlines how a Trust can ease the tax burden for entrepreneurs

19 Mar 2012

Personal Tax

| LPAs: Stand up for your rights

Patricia Milner and Charlie Tee argue the case for wider use of Lasting Powers of Attorney

14 Mar 2012

Personal Tax

| Time to reform inheritance tax

Francesca Lagerberg on the inefficiency and complexity of the misunderstood tax

2 Mar 2012

Personal Tax

Tax | Tax Updates: March 2012

Briefing you on all the latest technical tax news

1 Mar 2012

HMRC

Personal Tax

| Tax and the gambling man

There was plenty of coverage over the recent Betfair betting error but what of the tax position, asks Julie Butler

28 Feb 2012

Personal Tax

| The problem with tax soundbites

Bill Dodwell, head of tax policy and a senior partner at

8 Feb 2012

Personal Tax

| A tax-efficient retirement

Peter Rayney takes a quirky look at the issue of share transfers on retirement

11 Jan 2012

Personal Tax

| ’Til death us do part

Stuart Aikman and Paul Garwood consider the effect of marital status on IHT planning for cohabiting couples

12 Dec 2011

Personal Tax