Navigating 2026 Inheritance Tax Changes: Gifting shares to mitigate tax burden In the 2024 Autumn Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to reform Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) from April 2026. At present,...
How big is the tax gap? Which taxes make up the tax gap, which groups of taxpayers and what behaviours make up the tax gap?
The headlines from the Spring Statement 26 March 2025. The Government plans to balance the public spending books by relying on growth driven by housebuilding.
In some circumstances it is possible to make a gift out of surplus income which is immediately exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT), meaning the usual 7 year survival of the donor is not needed to exempt the gift.
Craig Simpson, Tax Partner at Bates Weston highlights the impact of the changes to Inheritance tax on business and agricultural assets on privately owned businesses as well as the farming community.
Read our Autumn Budget Report here. The Budget measures aimed to raise over £40bn in taxes, by far the lions share coming from an increase in Employer’s National Insurance Contributions (ERNIC).
Here are the headlines from the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget. We have focussed particularly on the business tax measures announced in the Budget.
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A round up of the major announcements we expect to hear in the Autumn Budget 2024 and what we know already.
Richard Coombs, tax partner at Bates Weston looks at selling part of a business and considers whether a business separation demerger is the answer.
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