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Lexis®PSL Private Client monthly highlights—January 2017

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Published on: 31 January 2017

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Table of contents

Private Client—looking ahead to 2017
New penalties for enablers of offshore tax evasion
Deemed domicile changes—HMRC publishes revised draft legislation
Headlines (News updates & analysis)
Trusts: Variation of trusts
Charities
Pensions and insurance
UK taxation
UK tax planning
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Article summary

January 2017 highlights from the Lexis PSL Private Client team. This month’s highlights include: (1) Predictions by our panel of Private Client experts for 2017, (2) The new penalties for enablers of offshore tax evasion which came into force on 1 January 2017, and (3) The revised draft legislation published on 26 January 2017 on the changes to the deemed domicile tax status

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