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- ISBN: 9780273728184 | 0273728180
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/22/2009
Key changes | |
Preface | |
Contributors | |
Abbreviations | |
Introduction: Principles of Tax Planning and How to Use This Book | |
Introduction | |
What's new for 2009/2010? | |
General strategy | |
Planning points if you are employed | |
If you are thinking of becoming self-employed | |
If you are already in business | |
Investments and capital gains tax | |
Business tax and finance | |
Managing your investments and your family's financial affairs | |
Tax issues if you are non-resident or have a foreign domicile | |
Ensure that all important deadlines are kept | |
Self-Assessment | |
Self-Assessment | |
Self-assessment (SA) | |
New features of the 2009 SA form | |
Online filing of SA tax returns | |
Short tax return 2009 | |
Ten golden rules for dealing with your 2009 tax return | |
Common errors | |
Providing additional information | |
Finding your way around the SA form | |
HMRC & You | |
Understanding your responsibilities and rights | |
The tax return process | |
Revenue enquiries into tax returns | |
What penalties can the Revenue impose? | |
Remission of tax by the Revenue | |
Error or mistake relief | |
Codes of practice | |
Revenue information and advice | |
Statements of practice and extra-statutory concessions | |
Complaints and compensation | |
Revenue Adjudicator | |
Employment | |
Basis of assessment | |
How tax is collected | |
Allowable expenses | |
Benefits-in-kind in general | |
Company cars | |
Free use of assets | |
Beneficial loans | |
Living accommodation | |
Miscellaneous benefits | |
Share incentives | |
Options to acquire gilts | |
Options to acquire other company assets | |
Golden hellos | |
Restrictive covenants | |
Redundancy payments | |
Golden handshakes, other termination payments and continuing benefits | |
Designing a 'tax efficient' remuneration package | |
Share Incentives | |
Gifts of shares | |
Profit-sharing schemes | |
Non-approved share options | |
Approved share option schemes | |
Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) | |
Special shares, etc | |
The employer's perspective | |
Some tax planning ideas | |
Self-Employment | |
How self-employed individuals pay tax | |
Are you really self-employed? | |
Basis of assessment | |
Partnerships | |
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) | |
Partnerships controlled outside the UK | |
Relief for trading losses | |
Income From UK Property | |
Basis of assessment and administration | |
How to calculate your taxable profit | |
Lump sums deemed to be rent (premiums) | |
'Rent-a-room' relief | |
Furnished holiday accommodation | |
'Buy to let' investments | |
Capital allowances on investment properties | |
Mineral royalties | |
Woodlands | |
Pros and cons of having a property investment company | |
VAT considerations | |
Interest earned on trust funds for service charges and sinking funds | |
Savings Income | |
Bank and building society interest | |
Other interest income | |
Loans to individuals and other private loans | |
Gilts and loan stocks | |
Rate of tax deducted at source | |
Accrued income scheme | |
Deeply discounted securities | |
Dividends | |
Sundry receipts treated as dividends | |
Foreign interest and dividends | |
Tax treatment of exchange-traded funds | |
Foreign Real Estate Income | |
Alimony and maintenance payments | |
Investment in overseas partnerships | |
Double tax relief | |
Foreign pensions | |
Sale of certificates of deposit | |
Gains from roll-up, and other offshore, funds | |
Miscellaneous income | |
Taxation of commission, cashbacks and discounts | |
Annuities, trust income, etc | |
Allowable Deductions | |
Alimony and maintenance | |
Loans used to purchase an annuity from an insurance company | |
Loans to purchase investment property | |
Loans to invest in partnerships | |
Loans to invest in close companies | |
Loans to invest in employee-controlled companies | |
Loans to purchase plant and machinery | |
Alternative finance 'products' | |
Gift Aid | |
Gift of listed shares and securities | |
Gift of land and buildings | |
Annuities, etc | |
Trade union and friendly society subscriptions | |
Life assurance premiums | |
Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) | |
Allowances and Tax Credits | |
Personal allowances | |
The basic personal allowance | |
Married couple's allowance | |
Pensioner couples | |
Allowances recently abolished | |
Blind persons | |
Time limits | |
Tax credits from 6 April 2003 | |
Capital Gains Tax | |
Outline of CGT | |
CGT and the self-assessment form | |
Who is subject to CGT? | |
What assets are chargeable assets? | |
Which types of transaction may produce a chargeable gain? | |
Hold-over relief where a gift is a chargeable transfer for IHT purposes | |
Amount to be brought in as disposal value | |
What costs are allowable? | |
Assets held at 31 March 1982 and 6 April 1965 | |
Other acquisition values | |
Taper relief | |
Indexation | |
Working out your capital gain | |
Assets that have attracted capital allowances | |
How gains are computed on quoted securities | |
Unquoted shares | |
When may a chargeable gain arise on foreign currency? | |
Special rules for disposals of chattels | |
Specific rules that apply to disposals of land and investment properties | |
Disposal of foreign property | |
Gains and losses on second-hand insurance policies | |
Your Main Residence | |
Main residence exemption | |
Possible restrictions on exemption | |
Living in job-related accommodation | |
Treatment where property not occupied throughout ownership period | |
Passing on the family home - CGT considerations | |
Anti-avoidance provisions | |
Stamp duty | |
The Tax Calculation | |
Some points to look out for | |
Business Tax and Finance | |
Computation of Business Profits and Capital Allowances | |
Computation of trading profits | |
Capital allowances | |
Pre-trading expenditure | |
Post-cessation receipts | |
Post-cessation expenses | |
Capital Gains Tax and Business Transactions | |
Loans to private businesses | |
Losses on unquoted shares | |
Relief for replacement of business assets | |
Hold-over relief for gifts of business property | |
Partnerships and capital gains | |
Transfer of a business to a company | |
Business taper relief | |
Entrepreneurs relief | |
Earn-outs | |
Sales of shares to all-employee share trusts | |
Tax and Companies | |
Who pays corporation tax? | |
Self-assessment | |
How 'profits' are defined | |
Accounting periods, rates and payment of tax | |
Loan relationships | |
Intangible assets | |
Companies' capital gains | |
Dividends | |
Losses | |
Double taxation relief on foreign income | |
Groups of companies | |
Investment companies | |
Close companies | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | |
Corporate venturing | |
Research and Development (R&D) tax credits | |
ECA tax credits | |
Transfer pricing rules | |
Claims, elections and penalties | |
Financing Your Business | |
Financing through own resources | |
Financing through personal borrowing | |
Issuing additional shares (with and without tax incentives) | |
Borrowing through the business | |
Financing assets | |
Cash flow management | |
Should You Operate Through a Company? | |
Possible disadvantages | |
Capital gains tbusiness to a company or LLP | |
&nHMRC | |
Employers | |
Contractors | |
IR35 | |
Managed Service Companies (MSCs) | |
Non-resident landlord scheme | |
Non-resident sportsmen and entertainers | |
Other payments to non-UK resident persons | |
Outline of Vat | |
Introduction | |
Legal authorities | |
Liability to VAT | |
Practical implications | |
Anti-avoidance measures | |
Special schemes | |
Control and enforcement procedures | |
Fraud | |
Appeals | |
National Insurance Contributions | |
Class 1 contributions | |
Class 2 contributions | |
Class 3 contributions | |
Class 4 contributions | |
Wealth Planning | |
Wealth Planning by Managing Your Financial Affairs | |
Your family and personal financial planning | |
Managing your investments | |
Tax deductible investments | |
Some special situations | |
Planning for retirement | |
Helping the next generation | |
Estate planning | |
Tax Efficient Investment | |
Investments providing tax exempt return | |
Individual savings accounts (ISAs) | |
Personal equity plans (PEPs) | |
National Savings investments | |
Friendly society investments | |
Investments qualifying for tax deduction | |
Enterprise investment scheme (EIS) | |
Venture capital trusts (VCTs) | |
Enterprise zone trusts | |
Investment in film partnerships | |
Pensions | |
Registered pension schemes | |
New regime that came into force on 'A'Day | |
Retirement benefits under the new regime | |
Pension scheme investments under the new regime | |
Tax relief for contributions | |
Other retirement benefit schemes | |
Unapproved schemes State benefits | |
State pension benefits | |
Contracting out | |
Investing In Real Estate | |
'Buy to let' investments | |
Private investment companies | |
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) | |
Investing surplus funds within a trading company | |
Buying overseas property | |
Quoted property companies | |
Property funds offered by insurance companies | |
Pension funds | |
Life Assurance | |
Introduction | |
Qualifying and non-qualifying policies | |
Taxation of life policy proceeds | |
Offshore life policies | |
Annuities | |
Permanent health insurance (PHI) | |
Pre-owned assets charge | |
Life policies effected by companies | |
Life policies in trust affected by FA 2006 IHT changes | |
Discounted gift schemes | |
Capital Gains Tax Planning | |
Make use of annual exemptions for both spouses/civil partners | |
Realise gains to avoid wasting the annual exemption | |
Make sure you get relief for capital losses | |
Save tax by making gifts to relatives | |
Claim roll-over relief on furnished holiday accommodation | |
Make the most of entrepreneur's relief | |
Selling the family company | |
Inheritance Tax And Individuals | |
Who is subject to IHT? | |
When may a charge arise? | |
Transfers of value | |
Certain gifts are not transfers of value | |
Exempt transfers | |
Potentially exempt transfers | |
Reservation of benefit | |
Business property | |
Agricultural property and woodlands | |
Computation of tax payable on lifetime transfers | |
Tax payable on death | |
Life assurance and pension policies | |
Heritage property | |
Planning: the first step | |
The Taxation of Trusts | |
When are trustees liable to pay income tax? | |
When are trustees liable for UK capnbsp Bare trusts | |
Fixed-interest trusts | |
Discretionary trusts | |
Accumulation and maintenance trusts | |
Trusts for the disabled | |
Protective trusts | |
Trusts for the most vulnerable | |
Charitable trusts | |
Miscellaneous aspects | |
Executors and personal representatives | |
Some planning points | |
Passing On Your Family Business | |
Basic strategy | |
Setting up children in business | |
Bringing a child into partnership | |
Bringing a child into the family company | |
Outright gifts of shares | |
Why trusts are still often a suitable vehicle | |
Demergers | |
Anti-Avoidance Legislation | |
Anti-Avoidance | |
Income tax | |
Interest income | |
Transactions in land | |
Transactions in securities | |
Transfer of assets overseas | |
Trust income taxed on the settler | |
Transactions involving loans or credit | |
Pre-owned assets | |
Capital gains tax | |
Bed and breakfast transactions | |
Disposals by a series of transactions | |
Transfers to a connected person | |
Qualifying corporate bonds (QCBs) | |
Value shifting | |
Trusts and main residence exemption | |
UK-resident settlements where settler has retained an interest | |
Deemed disposal when a trust ceases to be resident | |
Offshore companies | |
Non-resident trusts | |
Inheritance tax | |
Purchased interests in excluded property settlements | |
Ramsay principle | |
Registration of tax schemes | |
Specific income tax avoidance schemes that have been blocked | |
Residence, Domicile and International Matters | |
Residence Status | |
Consequences of residence in the UK | |
Various criteria for determining residence status | |
Individuals who are resident but not ordinarily resident | |
Basis on which individuals are regarded as ordinarily resident | |
Ceasing to be resident in the UK | |
UK income and capital gains received by non-residents | |
Non-resident investment companies | |
When tax should be withheld from payments to non-residents | |
The Income and Capital Gains of Foreign Domiciliaries | |
Meaning of 'domicile' | |
ú30,000 special charge for some remittance basis users from 2009-9 | |
What constitutes a remittance? Earned income | |
Foreign emoluments | |
Travelling expenses | |
Subsistence allowances for employees seconded to the UK | |
'Corresponding payments' | |
Overseas pension funds | |
Self-employment | |
Partnerships controlled outside the UK | |
Pension benefits | |
Investment income | |
The remittance basis for investment income | |
Position if foreign domiciliary acquires UK domicile | |
Managing the remittance basis | |
Capital gains tax | |
Remittance basis for capital gains on foreign assets | |
Use of offshore companies and trusts | |
Inheritance tax | |
UK and foreign situs property | |
Being Subject to Two Tax Regimes | |
General principles | |
Working abroad | |
US citizens living in the UK | |
UK nationals with second home overseas | |
Exchange of information | |
Some Special Types of Taxpayer | |
Specific occupations and trades | |
Authors | |
Barristers and advocates | |
Doctors | |
Dentists | |
Farmers | |
Independent financial advisers (IFAs) and insurance agents | |
Lloyd's underwriters ('Names') | |
Ministers of religion | |
Members of parliament | |
Sub-postmasters | |
University lecturers | |
Venture capitalists and participants in MBOs | |
Seafarers | |
Entertainers | |
Business economic notes | |
Specific rules for certain types of individuals | |
Crown servants working overseas | |
Irish nationals living in the UK | |
Harities and Not for Profit Organisations | |
Charities | |
Community amateur sports clubs | |
Mutual associations | |
Holiday clubs and thrift funds | |
Investment clubs | |
Stamp Duties | |
Stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT) | |
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) | |
Social Security Benefits | |
Taxable benefits | |
Non-taxable benefits | |
Tax credits | |
Tax Tables | |
Glossary | |
Index | |
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