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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

    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
    • 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 – 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

    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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    • 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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    • 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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    • Insights
    • Aug 9, 2024

    Private Client Legal Update – August 2024

    Some key highlights of legal updates affecting the Private Client industry over the past month are as follows. Tax policy – Autumn Budget On 29 July, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a fiscal update to Parliament in which she announced that

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Aug 5, 2024

    Government clarifies non-dom policy: What do we know now?

    Please note that this article was published before the non-dom legislation was finalised and brought into force on 6 April 2025. In this “stop press” edition of our Globally Speaking e-bulletin, we provide an update on how the publication of

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