CGT: the cost of cost confusion
When you sell or otherwise dispose of a chargeable asset, Capital Gains Tax (‘CGT’) has to be considered, by comparing the sale proceeds (or in
Alternative Accountancy Strategic IT Conference 2022
We’re pleased that Duncan Hardy, BKL’s Chief Digital Officer, spoke at The Alternative Accountancy Strategic IT Conference on 28-29 April 2022. Alternative Events organised the
Alternative Accountancy Management Summit 2022
We’re proud that Lee Brook, BKL’s managing partner, chaired Day One of The Alternative Accountancy Management Summit on 27-28 April 2022. Alternative Events organised the
Green Card, red light
While we enjoy connections to a number of US firms through BKL’s membership of AGN International, and our joint transatlantic webinars, we don’t give and
BKL at Sópers House Ladies’ Networking Event
On 22 April, Lucy Needleman and I were excited to take up an opportunity from Sópers House to speak at their first ever Ladies’ Networking
McEnroe & Newman: debt-free sale of company
We wonder what Michelle McEnroe and Miranda Newman thought when the decision was handed down in their case before the First-tier Tribunal [2022] UKFTT 113
Settlement opportunity for remuneration trusts
HMRC have announced a new ‘settlement opportunity’ for tax avoidance arrangements involving certain ‘Remuneration Trusts’ or ‘Creditor Protection Trusts’. It’s open until 31 July 2022.
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings: Homes for Ukraine update
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) regime came into force on 1 April 2013 in respect of UK residential properties owned by companies or
Who to blame when tax schemes go wrong?
When a tax avoidance scheme doesn’t work, who can you blame? The designer? The promoter? The introducer? How about the eminent QC whose robust opinion
HMRC assault on MSCs
It is reported in the Financial Times and elsewhere that HMRC have recently issued assessments to clients of what might be described as ‘accountants specialising
