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    • Globally Speaking
    • Dec 19, 2024

    Non-dom reforms: The four-year itch

    Please note that this article was published before the non-dom legislation was finalised and brought into force on 6 April 2025. I have been UK resident for longer than four years, and am claiming the remittance basis. What should I

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Dec 19, 2024

    Non-dom reforms: The first four years

    Please note that this article was published before the non-dom legislation was finalised and brought into force on 6 April 2025. I am a recent arriver in the UK. Will the new non-dom tax regime apply to me? The Chancellor

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Dec 19, 2024

    Globally Speaking (Winter 2024): Welcome from the editors

    Welcome to a special issue of our international e-bulletin for private client, family office and trustee clients and contacts. Now that the dust has settled on the Autumn Budget announcements made on 30 October 2024, we take a more in-depth

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Dec 17, 2024

    Non-dom reforms: Top tips for arrivers

    Please note that this article was published before the non-dom legislation was finalised and brought into force on 6 April 2025. I am planning to move to the UK – how will the UK’s new residence-based tax rules apply to

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    School fees and education trusts

    The Autumn Budget 2024 included confirmation that the tax break currently enjoyed by private schools will be removed and value added tax (VAT) will apply to fees from January 2025. Wealth transfer between generations can help fund school fees as

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    In Trust – Autumn Budget 2024: Inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning points

    The headline for Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on 30 October 2024 (“the Budget“) was “Fixing the Foundations to deliver Change” and, as expected, there were significant changes announced that affect private clients and their personal taxation. This article provides

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    In Trust – Ask the expert

    I am a farmer owning an agricultural estate worth several million. How will the inheritance tax changes announced in the Autumn Budget affect me and can I do anything to minimise the extra tax my estate may need to pay?

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    In Trust – Welcome from the editor

    The Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024 (“the Autumn Budget“) introduced a myriad of tax changes designed to address economic inequality, reduce the so-called “black hole” in the national finances and fund public services, while also influencing the financial landscape

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    • In Trust
    • Oct 31, 2024

    Autumn Budget 2024: Fixing the foundations to deliver change?

    This was the headline for Rachel Reeves’s first Budget. She spoke for one and half hours in a wide ranging speech which contained many of the changes announced during the last few weeks but also some surprises.  We set out

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Oct 31, 2024

    Globally Speaking: Stop press the Autumn Budget 2024

    In this “stop press” edition of our Globally Speaking e-bulletin, we provide our initial thoughts on the most highly anticipated Budget in the UK for a generation; the first by a Labour government in fourteen years and more significantly the

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