How can I accumulate and pass on my wealth?

Accumulating, preserving and passing on family wealth There are several tax efficient options families can adopt to help them to accumulate, preserve and pass on their wealth. As ever, we would begin by ensuring that we have a clear understanding of your personal...

Register of people with significant control

Who’s pulling the strings? UK Companies and LLPs are now required to identify and record the people who own and control their company. Companies must file the People with Significant Control (PSC) information with Companies House. The PSC register helps to...

How can I attract, retain and motivate key people?

Attracting, retaining and motivating the right people is one of the keys to growing a successful business. Your own circumstances and goals will be unique, but we are adept at getting to the heart of what you are trying to achieve and recommending tax efficient...

Letting residential property and tax

Changes in the taxation of property income from letting residential property There have been a number of changes in the taxation of income from residential property which will be introduced over the next 5 years. The key changes are shown below. Please note that none...

Protection from tax investigation costs

If you’re a Bates Weston client and you subscribe to our Tax Investigations Service, the costs involved in dealing with an HMRC tax enquiry are covered. When you subscribe to our Tax Investigation Service we are able to make a claim against our insurance policy...