Is the tide changing for offshore companies?! The HMRC recently successfully challenged the status of three Jersey based companies holding real estate.
Offshore companies are popular vehicles to mitigate tax liabilities by holding one’s assets outside the UK jurisdiction. Many businesses and family offices use a non-UK based company as the holding vehicle for their real estate portfolio in the UK so as to benefit from tax exemptions. For years, properties in the UK held in an
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The new changes to the taxation regime of dividends which will be effective from April 2016 has brought about a lot of confusion particularly for SME business owners, to say the least. The main changes are as follows: New Allowance: First £5,000 tax free New Tax Regime: Over £5,000 are to be taxed at
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