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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
9 September 2024
HMRC sets sights on IHT
Inheritance tax liabilities for the tax year 2021 – 2022 were the highest ever recorded at £5.99 billion, as confirmed by annual statistics issued by HMRC on 31 July 2024. Given the sums involved, it is unsurprising that inheritance tax is a particular area of focus for HMRC investigations, which are reported to have resulted in recoveries of £1.39billion in underpayments of inheritance tax over the past five years.
4 September 2024
Strokes: Why time is so critical
Stroke strikes every five minutes. New analysis suggests that the number of people experiencing a stroke will increase by more than 50 percent to 151,000 a year by 2035. Treatments are available, including the ground-breaking mechanical thrombectomy procedure for strokes that are caused by a blocked blood vessel. However, as detailed in updated National Clinical Guidelines, time is the critical factor.
3 September 2024
I’m a celebrity…get me back here!
There have a been a string of high-profile celebrity bankruptcies over the decades from Kerry Katona, Joe Swash, Chris Eubank and, now, Katie Price. Not only were all the names on that list ex-contestants on the ITV hit show “I’m a Celebrity” but the common theme amongst them is that they were all bankrupted by HMRC for unpaid taxes.
27 August 2024
Get Onbord Limited - hocus pocus about locus?
The recent decision in Get Onbord Limited v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 617 (TC) provided some helpful guidance for taxpayers and HMRC on the First-tier Tribunal’s (“FTT”) approach to research and development (“R&D) claims and in particular, the levels of evidence that both parties need to provide.
13 August 2024
Bringing assets back into the estate: The recovery of misappropriated estate assets
There are an increasing number of cases before the courts concerning the misappropriation of estate assets. Typically, this involves assets being misappropriated by a beneficiary, family member, or personal representative following death, but may also concern assets which were misappropriated during the deceased’s lifetime.
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