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Alyssa Haggarty

Claire Weeks

Changes to non-doms and IHT have dominated the year, but there have also been some interesting cases, write Claire Weeks and Alyssa Haggarty (Maurice Turnor Gardner).

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Stuart Maggs

The proposed IHT reforms seem to attack the farmers they should protect and protect the people they should tax, writes Stuart Maggs (Howes Percival).

Business property relief refused for serviced offices

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Helen McGhee

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Lynnette Bober

Helen McGhee and Lynnette Bober (Joseph Hage Aaronson) provide an overview of the new rules and highlight some key points to watch.

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Michael Thomas KC

Diversifying ownership will become an increasingly important strategy in light of the new restrictions to APR and BPR, writes Michael Thomas KC (Pump Court Tax Chambers).

IHT implications under Forfeiture Act: Under the Forfeiture Act 1982, a person who has unlawfully killed another person cannot benefit from that person’s estate. However, where in the opinion of the court the justice of the case requires...

SDLT MDR claim denied: Shine Business Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 894 (TC) (7 October) is another in the long line of cases on the now-abolished SDLT multiple dwelling relief. Like all such appeals the decision is highly fact dependent. The FTT,...

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Harry Smith

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Adam Craggs

There has been a steady rise in disputes concerning IHT and SDLT, report Adam Craggs and Harry Smith (RPC).

Deathbed IHT scheme succeeded due to HMRC procedural failing.

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Helen McGhee

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Lynnette Bober

Helen McGhee and Lynnette Bober (Joseph Hage Aaronson) examine what we know now following this week’s policy paper.

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