Posts Tagged ‘ Inheritance Tax ’

Domicile - Having Your Cake and Eating It

Nov 18th, 2008 | By James Green | Category: Offshore Tax Planning, Taxation (and can you avoid it?)

International businessman Robert Gaines-Cooper has failed to persuade the Court of Appeal that he has changed his UK domicile.
We read a lot in the UK press about “non-doms” and how they don’t pay their fair share of tax. Recent legislation has made it more difficult for “non doms” to benefit but as usual the only [...]



What Is Inheritance Tax?

Jun 30th, 2008 | By James Green | Category: UK Business Taxes, UK Personal Taxes

Inheritance Tax (IHT) is probably not at the forefront of most people’s minds. However given the relentless rise in UK property prices over the past few years (and even allowing for the current, probably short term price drops) many individuals and couples are likely to find that they have been pushed over the current threshold. [...]