Russell Haworth 28th October 2016 Autumn Statement Preview AUTUMN STATEMENT PREVIEW Chancellor considering dropping the Autumn Statement – but not this year. The FT has this week reported that the UK chancellor is considering ditching the… Read more
Russell Haworth 5th July 2016 Dividends and Discretionary Trusts Following the changes in dividend taxation that apply to individuals for 2016/17, changes have also had to be made to the taxation of dividends and discretionary trusts. In… Read more
Huw Jones 23rd May 2016 Tax Free Income Stephen doesn’t exist. But if he did this would be his story of how we helped him achieve a tax free income of £35,000 per annum.. When we… Read more
Huw Jones 16th May 2016 Directors will pay The Treasury expects to collect £2.6 billion in extra tax because business owners have accelerated dividend payments to avoid a looming tax hike, says the Financial Times. The… Read more
Proposito Team 17th March 2016 Budget 2016 Overview Introduction It was famously said that ‘all roads lead to Rome.’ In British politics, all speeches currently lead to the EU Referendum. George Osborne’s Budget speech, delivered on… Read more
Proposito Team 10th May 2015 UK General Election – The Results When the polls opened at 7am on Thursday 7th May, the pundits and the pollsters were as one: the only certainty was a hung parliament. It was the… Read more
Huw Jones 18th March 2015 Budget Summary 2015: The Election Budget Introduction and Political Background As the Chancellor stood up to speak on Wednesday March 18th there were less than 50 days to go until the General Election on… Read more
Proposito Team 17th October 2014 Important pension notice: 55% ‘death tax’ abolished Ahead of the major pension changes already announced for April 2015, the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced another shift in pension policy that could have a big impact on… Read more
Huw Jones 28th February 2014 Five great reasons to pay into a pension this tax year We all know that saving for retirement is important. But it’s also difficult. Spend it today and it’s not possible to spend it tomorrow. The government knows that it’s both difficult… Read more
Huw Jones 31st January 2014 My goldfish died – the best tax excuses During my time as a teacher I heard a few excuses – some of them fantastic – about why homework wasn’t handed in on time. My favourite was… Read more