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05 December 2019

  • Private Client Tax
The benefits of submitting your ‘elf’-assessment tax return before Christmas

The tax return final submission date of 31 January 2020 is a deadline not a target - it is also the last day for paying 2018/19 tax liabilities without incurring late payment interest charges. So why not get your tax return out of the way before Christmas this year?

Jenn Stewart

Jenn Stewart

Business Advisory Partner, Head of Rural and Dundee Office Head

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17 October 2019

  • Agriculture
  • Private Client Tax
Are you actually Farming?

This may seem like a strange question, especially for someone who has lived and worked on the same farm for most of their life. However, where a farmer has perhaps sold off their stock and has rented out their grass to their neighbour, HMRC may argue that you are no longer actively farming.

Nicola Sargeant

Nicola Sargeant

Tax Senior Manager

25 September 2019

  • Construction & Property
  • Private Client Tax
Are you aware of the Capital Gains Tax changes coming into effect 6 April 2020?

The current tax rules for non-UK residents selling UK property that require a non-resident capital gains tax (CGT) return to be completed are to be extended from 6 April 2020 to include the sale of UK residential property by UK residents.

08 August 2019

  • Private Client Tax
No easy answer for those caught in pension tax trap

Doctors, dentists, university professors, head teachers, MPs and senior civil servants approaching retirement are among those facing some tough choices as complex pension tax measures begin to bite.

Alexandra Docherty

Alexandra Docherty

Partner and Head of Private Client Tax

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12 July 2019

  • Agriculture
  • Private Client Tax
Get your house in order before Inheritance Tax reforms bite

The long awaited second instalment of the Office of Tax Simplification’s (OTS) Inheritance Tax Review hit the shelves (well HMRC’s website) on Friday 5 July 2019. For those of us advising on Inheritance Tax (IHT) we can at least sleep a bit easier now we have the OTS’ list of 11 recommendations!

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