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Is there a tax amnesty, and who does it affect?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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May 21 2007

Over the last few months the press has been full of rumours that HMRC (as the Inland Revenue is now known) were about to announce an ‘amnesty’ for UK taxpayers who had not declared their offshore bank accounts

The Phizackerley decision: is it true that tax planning involving the family home no longer works, even by will?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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May 21 2007

Lifetime tax planning involving the family home has become difficult and complex

Tax pitfalls of mixed domicile marriages

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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August 3 2007

The newspapers regularly highlight the tax advantages of being ‘nondomiciled’ and they certainly exist

Outgoing trustees: how much protection do you need? How much protection do you want?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 4 2007

The Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners, the international professional body of trusts and estates advisers, has produced a significant new book on transfer of trusteeships

Charman v Charman: a divorced financial genius and his trust fund

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 4 2007

In what is believed to be the highest award ever made in contested matrimonial proceedings in England and Wales, the Court of Appeal recently upheld a divorce settlement involving very considerable wealth

The foreign element: does it affect you?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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July 4 2007

The world is becoming smaller, and many clients may have lives and arrangements which are more 'international' than they realise

Changes to the residence and domicile rules what will these mean?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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October 25 2007

Gordon Brown first announced the review of the rules on residence and domicile in 2002

Transferable inheritance tax nil rate bands solution or sticking plaster?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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October 25 2007

The new transferable nil rate band (NRB) allowance for spouses and civil partners has been heralded in the press as a solution to the worst of the inheritance tax (IHT) problems suffered by 'Middle England', but the NRB trust remains a valuable tool in the tax planning armoury

Philanthropy v privacy the new Charities Act 2006

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2007

We are told 'it is better to give than to receive', but sometimes giving can cause problems for the donor

Could you reduce your inheritance tax bill substantially by using the 'normal expenditure out of income' exemption?

Bircham Dyson Bell
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2007

The Finance Act 2006 has reduced some of the traditional opportunities for inheritance tax planning, but some of the exemptions which allow gifts to both individuals and trusts to be made free of inheritance tax remain unaffected

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