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Labour’s tax plans

by Richard Coombs | Jul 9, 2024 | Budget, Capital allowances, Capital Gains Tax, Corporation Tax, Economy, Government Announcements, Inheritance Tax, SMEs, Tax, Tax Planning, Taxation

What do we know about the Government’s tax plans to date and what can we expect in the near future?

Planning System Reform

by Wayne Thomas | Jul 8, 2024 | Business news, Economy, Government Announcements, Planning Reform, SMEs

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, sets out her plans for planning system reform in her first major speech today. You can see her 7 point plan here.

Bates Weston Summer Newsletter

Jun 12, 2024

Read our Summer newsletter, covering topical tax and regulatory changes and proposals, including the impact of recent tax changes on profit withdrawal plans

Sponsors meet U15 football squad members

Jun 11, 2024

Bates Weston had the opportunity to meet Grace and Olivia, players in the U15 football squad they sponsor this week. The U15s are one of 9 youth teams on the Derby County Community Trust Female Talent Pathway.

Demergers

May 15, 2024

Craig Simpson, Tax Partner at Bates Weston reﬂects on his experience with demergers , with technical meanderings and practical observations of demerger transactions.

Bates Weston advises on sale of Derbyshire logistics group

May 9, 2024

Bates Weston Corporate Finance team have advised on the sale of Silver X group and Bow Distribution and Warehousing to GBA Logistics.

A New Partner at Bates Weston

Apr 4, 2024

The Bates Weston Partners are pleased to announce that Sean Douglass has become a Partner in the firm.

EOT Deferred Consideration

Mar 26, 2024

Craig Simpson, Tax Partner at Bates Weston, considers the implications of using deferred consideration to pay outgoing shareholders when an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is created.

EOT Share Valuation

Mar 25, 2024

The tax costs of overvaluation are significant should HMRC consider the transaction overvalued. Getting an independent valuation early in the EOT thought process is important.