Do HMRC’s changes mean you’ll have to pay inheritance tax before you die?
Much has been made in the press recently of HMRC’s consultation on changes to how it polices tax avoidance. The…
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HMRC toughens up on voluntary disclosure via Liechtenstein
On 14 August 2014 HMRC announced a number of significant changes to the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) which have removed…
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New data: The cities where billionaires are born
More than one in every 100 billionaires are created in London (1.25 per cent), according to an analysis based on…
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UK economy grows at fastest rate since 2007
A first revision of second quarter GDP data shows the UK economy is now stronger than it was at its…
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HMRC’s whiplash tax change will leave res non-doms with sore wallets
For some, August means sandy beaches, chilled rosé and long summer evenings. However, for the UK Revenue, August 2014 meant…
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Charities should have their own version of A-Level Clearing to simplify getting grants
Tomorrow is A-level results day. It’s a hugely important moment for seventeen- and eighteen-year olds across England and Wales, one…
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Russia’s new dual citizenship law threatens administrative chaos – and worse
The Russian Federation’s new law criminalising its citizens’ failure to disclose any foreign nationality betrays the current mood of the…
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Did Facebook and OKCupid break the law with their experiments on users?
The recent revelation that the dating website OKCupid ‘experimented’ on its users by purposefully making statistically ‘bad’ matches look ‘good’,…
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Prest divorce case takes a turn towards prison
Those who followed the case will recall that in his divorce, Mr Prest argued his wealth was not his own…
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For non-doms, rules about summer holidays and impulse buys are complex
Having recently returned from a family holiday on an idyllic Greek island, I found myself considering the ‘vacation versus staycation’…
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City executive who skipped £43k in train fares ‘revealed’ by media
Author: Aoife Moriarty Last April, a story broke that painted HNWs in a rather unappealing light. A millionaire city worker,…
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Millionaire steps in to save local Banksy artwork
Author: Aoife Moriarty Banksy’s ‘Spy Booth’, near GCHQ in Gloucestershire, was inspired by last year’s global surveillance scandal. It is…
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How Prime London property helps fund affordable housing, not wreck it
There is a familiar refrain in certain sections of the media and the political class revolving around how purchasers of…
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Gloomy global news hasn’t stopped exciting, uplifting philanthropic stories
So much for silly season. This August has seen a ceaseless stream of ‘real news’ – from Gaza, Liberia and…
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‘Revenge porn’ law not required in UK, according to peers’ review
As reported today by the BBC, a review of existing laws on social media crime has concluded that current legislation…
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UK-Russia child abduction still a problem but new law may help
The wheels of international law turn slowly. On 1 October 2011, Russia became the 86th signatory of the Hague Convention…
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India’s richest set to quadruple wealth over next four years
Author: Aoife Moriarty A new report by the Kotak Group and Ernst & Young claims that India’s ultra high net…
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Writing a will? Here are the terrible things which can go wrong
We make impressions all the time – first impressions, bad impressions, false impressions. But it was the impression of a…
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A potentially illegal cleaner may be trouble for Emma Watson – here’s how to avoid the same thing
At the beginning of the year, former immigration minister Mark Harper resigned from the government when his Colombian cleaner was…
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Sale of Magna Carta Island answers an 800-year-old question
The debate over the significance of the Magna Carta has rumbled on for centuries, but has anyone considered (as the…
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