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25 April 2024

OPINION OF THE WEEK: The End Of UK's Non-Dom System

James Quarmby is a prominent private client lawyer who has spoken and written extensively about...

Tax
24 April 2024

Inheritance Tax Receipts At Record High – Reactions

Wealth managers react to the the latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and suggest ways...

Tax
12 April 2024

UK's Non-Dom System Is Doomed, But Replacement System May Have Silver Lining – Lawyer

With a four-year period, a new temporary residence system proposed in the UK for wealthy...

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10 April 2024

UK Opposition's Tax Hit On Non-Doms Likely To Encourage Exodus, Say Lawyers

The UK's non-dom system is on the way out, and now it turns out that the opposition Labour Party...

Tax
7 March 2024

Wealth Managers React To UK Spring Budget, Controversy Flies Over Non-Dom Abolition

After the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget to the House of...

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5 March 2024

UK Spring Budget Preview – What Wealth Managers Expect

As UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is poised to deliver the Spring Budget to the House...

Tax
29 February 2024

Hong Kong Raises Income Tax On Top Earners

Although the budget statement contained a variety of measures referring to work being carried out...

Tax
15 February 2024

PODCAST: UK Residency Planning – In Conversation With Standard Chartered

The UK-headquartered bank invited this publication's editor to discuss issues including the...

Tax
12 February 2024

UK Tax – Investigating Income From HNW Individuals At Record High

As UK chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt prepares the Spring budget on 6 March, and as HMRC...

Tax
6 February 2024

IHT Top Concern For Wealthy Individuals – RBC WM

New research released this week by RBC Wealth Management (part of the Royal Bank of Canada) looks...

Tax
25 January 2024

UK Inheritance Tax In Focus As Receipts Rise

After the UK government’s tax authority released its inheritance tax receipts for the period...

Tax
17 January 2024

WEALTH TALK: Why The UK's Non-Dom Regime Needs Reform, Not Abolition

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Tax
22 December 2023

Spotlight On Mitigating Inheritance Tax Liability After Receipts Soar

After the UK government’s tax authority released its inheritance tax receipts for the period...

Tax
15 December 2023

Don't Scrap Non-Doms – Reform System Instead - Withers

The shortcomings of the UK system require reform, not outright abolition, argues the law firm as it...

Tax
15 November 2023

UK Tax, Spending In Spotlight – Autumn Statement Preview

As UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is poised to present his Autumn Statement to...

Tax
3 November 2023

Middle East Family Offices Restructuring, Diversifying – Ocorian

Ocorian, a specialist global provider of services to high net worth individuals and family...

Tax
24 October 2023

Impose Global Minimum Tax On Rich People – European Group

The proposals designed, so their authors say, to thwart evasion and forms of avoidance, raise...

Tax
24 October 2023

Quilter: What We Want From UK Autumn Statement

As Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is poised to present his Autumn Statement to parliament...

Tax
23 October 2023

Estonia Has World's Most Competitive Tax Rate; US Unchanged, UK Falls

As a reminder of which countries might be most suitable to domicile a business, an annual barometer...

Tax
23 October 2023

Guernsey Lawmakers Reject Territorial Corporate Tax

Last week lawmakers in Guernsey decided not to accept a territorial corporate tax rate. A senior...

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9 October 2023

Sparing No One: Cross-Border Taxation of Globally Mobile Individuals – Part 2

This article continues to examine – via the circumstances of Prince Harry and Meghan, the...

Tax
6 October 2023

Sparing No One: Cross-Border Taxation of Globally Mobile Individuals - Part 1

This is the first of a highly detailed examination of cross-border tax issues for individuals...

Tax
21 February 2023

Soaring Inheritance Tax Receipts Highlight Need For Reform

Inheritance tax receipts are rising, and this suggests that tax brackets are capturing a wider...

Tax
23 February 2022

As UK Raises Taxes, Where Do Venture Capital Trusts Fit In?

Investment vehicles that have certain tax advantages over time are more popular when certain...

Tax
8 November 2021

Women And Wealth: Minimising The Inheritance Tax Burden

This practitioner examines the knowledge gap between women and men where IHT is concerned; and what...

Tax
26 October 2021

Undisclosed Digital Assets? - Decision Time Is Now

Anyone who bought into the idea that cryptocurrencies - aka digital assets - such as bitcoin cannot...

Tax
25 June 2021

Do The Super-Rich Really Only Pay A 3.4 Per Cent Tax Rate?

The group called ProPublica recently claimed that data on America's 25 richest people showed that...

Tax
24 June 2021

Scientist's Tax Offset Delivers Cultural, Family Value

Sometimes objects and their owners have earned a special place in our history and national life....

Tax
15 June 2021

Why Entrepreneurs Contemplate Leaving Germany - Commentary

Germany holds national elections in September, and opinion polls point towards the ascent of...

Tax
27 May 2021

A Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate - Smart Policy Or "Tax Cartel"?

Setting a global minimum corporate tax rate among major industrialised nations has the certain...

Tax
4 May 2020

Super-Rich Increasingly Under Attack Amid Coronavirus Crisis

What should ultra-high net worth individuals think and how should they act if coronavirus-driven...

Tax
25 February 2019

China's New Tax Regime - What Clients, Advisors Must Know

At the start of this year China introduced new controls affecting private individuals, such as...

Tax
20 December 2018

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let's Have Consistency In How HNW Individuals Are Treated

The UK government reportedly favours high-earners and persons from certain countries under a new...

Tax
12 December 2018

A Right Royal Headache: Taxing Americans Abroad

When even a member of the British monarchy comes under the net of the US tax authority it reminds...

Tax
21 August 2018

Financial Affairs No Longer Side-Issue For Soccer Stars

This publication interviewed a senior wealth planning consultant at Lombard International about...

Tax
3 August 2018

How To Have Your Avocado And Eat It (With The Help Of Mum And Dad)

Two figures at law firm Thomson, Snell and Passmore have written an article discussing the tax...

Tax
2 March 2018

Unexplained Wealth Orders - A New UK Tool That Could Be Misused?

A barrister examines the new powers of UK tax authorities to go after people with assets that...

Tax
4 December 2017

GUEST ARTICLE: Where Enterprise Investment Schemes Go After UK Budget

The recent UK autumn budget affected a number of areas, including that of the Enterprise Investment...

Tax
9 November 2017

GUEST ARTICLE: The UK's New Anti-Tax Evasion Regime - Guilty Until Somehow Proven Innocent

This article explores how tax evasion, now treated as a strict-liability offence in UK law, raises...

Tax
7 November 2017

Using Offshore Structures Is Not Illegal, But Stealing Private Data Is - Tax Expert

A leading UK tax lawyer has sounded off about this week's "Paradise Papers", highlighting the...