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How To Live A Happy & Successful Life
- July 8, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Happiness
No CommentsWe all want to live happily ever after, but it’s not going to happen if we just wait for it. In fact, all that happens if we do that is that we’ll get passed in our goals by other people who worked harder and weren’t so lazy. So what are the tips for living happily
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Why Money Is Not The Most Important Thing In Life
- July 7, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Money
They say that money doesn’t buy happiness. Some people would disagree and others would say that you can use money to buy things that make you happy. But do material things really make us happy? Well that would depend on the individual person and what they define as being happy. As much as shiny new
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5 Tips On Managing Stress & Anxiety
- July 6, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Stress
Modern life comes with its own unique stresses and strains. In order to cope when things get too much, it’s important to develop coping strategies which work for you. Soothing an anxious mind can be difficult in the midst of an anxiety attack or during times of particularly high stress, but there are solutions out
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Action List For Those About To Become Deemed UK Domiciled For UK Tax Purposes
- May 3, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Tax
Briefing Note Headlines You will become deemed UK domiciled (DUD) on 6th April 2017 either if you were born here or you are already in your 15th tax year of UK residence in the last 20. Rules apply from 6th April of RND’s 16th tax year. CGT rebasing for RNDs only. Trustees have to consider
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Inheritance Tax (IHT) And UK Residential Property
- May 2, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Tax
Briefing note Headlines Trustees of related party trusts. To the extent your trust has assets attributable to UK residential property you are now within the ten year charge regime. The charge is basically 6% of net asset value every ten years. Related party debts included as is collateral supporting third party debt. Being a
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Finance Bill 2017: Deemed Domicile Key Points
- May 1, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Tax
Briefing Note Headlines A non-UK trust of which one of its trustees is UK resident will become UK resident when settlor becomes deemed UK domiciled. Rules apply from 6th April of RND’s 16th tax year. CGT rebasing for RNDs only. Trustees have to consider planning. Some grandfathering for pre 6th April 2017 non-UK trusts. Washing
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Finance Bill 2017
- April 30, 2017
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Tax
Briefing note Headlines No exemption for buy to let Non-close companies excluded Related party debts included as is collateral supporting third party debt Likelihood of HMRC collecting 40% IHT is remote amongst the well advised Dry trusts unaffected (ten year charge applies) Life insurance is still a viable option Other – reliefs remain available to
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Sustainable Tax In A Competitive World
- May 21, 2014
- Posted by: Stephen Coleclough
- Category: Tax
At the end of the day, governments need to raise sustainable amounts of revenue, to fund public services, the welfare state, and other common goods. More than ever, however, they have to compete for business and investment from companies and investors who have more options than ever before. Tax too high or tax capriciously and