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More about Part 5 – Is HMRC’s tax guidance on GMP equalisation top-up transfers and conversion useful?Join us on 12 October 2022 for a breakfast seminar discussing the Building Safety Act 2022. The Building Safety Act 2022 is the biggest reform of building safety regulation in UK history and received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
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