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Monthly Archives: November 2021
What are the tax implications of being the Bank of Mum and Dad?
My husband has recently retired and we are ready to plan the next stage of our lives. Our first decision is to sell our historic but rambling country home and downsize to something more manageable. Once we have bought a …
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Tagged Bank of mum and dad, First-time buyers, IHT, inheritance tax, property purchase, tax
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Cohabitee crisis – a long and winding road
Earlier this month the UK Parliamentary Committee on Women and Equalities took evidence on the seemingly intractable and perennial problem of cohabitees’ rights. Or, rather, the distinct lack of them. One in four families now consists of cohabiting couples. Shockingly, …
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Tagged cohabitating couples, cohabitation agreement, cohabitees, Women and Equalities
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US tax changes could be imminent
The US House Committee on Ways and Means has proposed a raft of US tax changes intended to help fund the new administration’s grand infrastructure programme. Contained within the proposals are significant changes to some key estate planning tools that …
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The Giving Pledge
Founded in 2010 by a group of ultra-wealthy individuals (including Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet), the Giving Pledge invites other wealthy people to publicly commit to giving away the majority of their wealth to philanthropy. Initially a purely …
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Equal Pay Day 2021
18 November 2021 is Equal Pay Day. For the rest of this year (some 44 days) women are effectively working for free because of the Gender Pay Gap. The Fawcett Society recently reported that the Gender Pay Gap has increased …
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Tagged Equal pay day, gender inequality, inequality, the gender pay gap
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Can I give my home to my children (and still live in it)?
For many people, their home is one of their most valuable assets, if not the most valuable. It is therefore an obvious candidate for lifetime estate planning. The question therefore often comes us as to whether it is possible for …
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Tagged capital gains tax, estate planning, inheritance tax, lifetime giving
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The Real Living Wage is set to increase
The RLW is a voluntary scheme set up by the charity Living Wage Foundation aimed at providing low-income workers with better financial security. It differs from the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage which sets the minimum hourly …
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Residential Property Development and Construction – Legal update
Alex O’Connor, Partner and Head of Collyer Bristow’s House Building & Development group, discusses some methods for making overage agreements stick. Jonathan Pawlowski, Partner and Head of Construction discusses issues arising from delays and disruption to the construction programme. Aimee …
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Tagged construction, housebuilders, real estate, residential property, title for land
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How to efficiently gift business assets
For certain individuals, business assets can form a significant portion of their wealth and so considering how those assets might be passed to the next generation often forms a key part of their estate plan. Business assets can benefit from …
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Tagged business assets, capital gains tax, estate planning, inheritance tax
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Code of Practice for commercial property relationships following covid-19
In response to the covid-19 pandemic, the Government introduced a number of measures to protect commercial tenants. The measures include a moratorium preventing commercial landlords from (i) forfeiting leases for non-payment of rent; (ii) utilising Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (being …
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