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The Department for Business and Trade is consulting on proposals for a UK corporate re-domiciliation regime....
HMRC has published Issue 141 of the Agent Update, providing a round-up of updates and reminders for tax practitioners....
This week’s edition of Private Client highlights includes: (1) an application by parents to be appointed deputies for personal welfare of an adult...
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published a policy paper introducing a measure to lower the Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax mandation...
Nature and classification of trusts—the three certaintiesCertaintyIn order for a settlor to create a private express trust the three certainties must...
ProtectorsWhat is a protector?A protector is a person who holds powers under a trust but who is not a trustee. A protector is a person who is...
Preparing the application form PA1P/PA1A for probate or letters of administrationFORTHCOMING CHANGE: The postal application forms PA1P and PA1A for...
Administration actions—personal representatives and the deceased's liabilitiesAn individual may assume obligations, for example in respect of...
Can a legacy made in a Will to a charity which no longer exists go to a different charity which has resumed their work? If so, do I need to apply to the Charity Commission and apply the cy-près doctrine to do this?Where the original gift was in favour of a charity which has ceased to exist, the gift
Charities and the relief of povertyFORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022 and the plan, as set out in Charities Act 2022: implementation plan is for its provisions to come into force in three defined groups over three stages, on 31 October
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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