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As a follow up to my earlier blog, here are some more unusual taxes from the past and more tax planning, which shows that no matter how crafty the Taxman, those

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It’s not just this Government that is always looking for new things to tax. Throughout history, the Taxman has sought new ways to get money…and the diligent tax planner has

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I confess to being a big Michael Jackson fan, but even if you are not, it would be difficult to miss various news articles about the late King of Pop

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HMRC have had a good run of late. 300 banks have been ordered by the tax tribunal to disclose details of offshore accounts held by their UK resident clients. Last

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Following recent changes to company law, medium sized groups of companies are now required to prepare group accounts.  These group accounts will need to be filed at Companies House.  Previously

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Every year, we look forward to meeting top graduates at the National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition in Olympia, London. It is our chance to greet and potentially find our partners of

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Even the Politician’s have given up any thought of defending their expenses and whenever challenged seem to resign (agree not to stand again!) and adopt a stony silence. The picture

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In the mid 1980’s when I was first setting out in the profession there was a “tax payer charter” and it had some teeth. The charter set out the purposes

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Entertaining though it was, I suspect that, as ever, Panorama’s exposé of the shady goings on at Lloyds TSB’s offshore arm in Jersey generated more heat than light. Having spent

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All change again on VAT fuel scale charges In Topical Tips 115 (April 2008) we reported on a change to VAT fuel scale charges from 1 May 2008. This linked

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For married couples, the nil-rate band for inheritance tax was effectively doubled last year, meaning that IHT is only an issue when your combined assets are worth more than £650,000. But it’s

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Estate planning is a lot easier and more tax efficient if you are married – which is of little consolation to the many people choosing to stay single these days.