Welcome to our latest Private Client newsletter. This edition covers a number of issues that could impact you, your family, your assets and investments including: How tax rates can impact on property investment returns What is sustainable investing Living together…
Are you and your spouse using your personal allowance and lower rate bands in full? The higher rate threshold increased to £37,700 from 6 April 2021 meaning that people can earn £50,270 before paying tax at higher rates. Transfers of…
In light of Rishi Sunak’s wife’s non-UK domiciled status coming under scrutiny in the press we have taken this opportunity to highlight the key areas of this topical issue. These include outlining the concept of domicile and what this means…
Getting your NICs in a twist The two headline grabbing comments arising from the Spring Statement 2022 that impact personal taxpayers were the increase in the lower threshold where national insurance contributions are paid (from July 2022) and the reduction…
Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement may have contained few major new tax changes affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - with the promise of more reforms to come in the Autumn Budget - but it's worth remembering that a number of…
With the tax year-end fast approaching, it is time to turn your mind to whether there are any measures you can take prior to the beginning of April, which may improve your tax position. PKF Francis Clark has produced a…
Have you ever thought about what will happen after you die? I mean, really thought about it. Not about the big questions, like 'is there life after death?' Or 'will my life really flash before my eyes?' But about the…
PKF Francis Clark has appointed a new partner to head up the firm’s private client offering in Dorset, Wiltshire and surrounding areas. Faye Howard, formerly a partner at a regional firm in East Anglia, works with clients, including high net…
Following the Chancellor's Budget speech yesterday (27 October) Head of Tax John Endacott gave his insights on the following themes: Setting the scene - the challenges facing Rishi Sunak What the Budget announcements and the upcoming tax changes previously announced…
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