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Labour’s tax plans
What do we know about the Government’s tax plans to date and what can we expect in the near future?
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Planning System Reform
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
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
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
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
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
The Bates Weston Partners are pleased to announce that Sean Douglass has become a Partner in the firm.
EOT Deferred Consideration
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
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.
Disqualifying an EOT
Craig Simpson, Tax Partner at Bates Weston looks at the events which can disqualify an EOT and at who becomes responsible for the tax payable.
EOT and EMI
Craig Simpson explains how using an EOT in tandem with an EMI can incentivise the new management team and maintain the EOT qualifying conditions.
Spring Budget 2024 Summary
Read our Spring Budget 2024 Summary Report here.
Spring Budget 2024 Headlines
Spring Budget 2024 Speech headlines
Spring Budget 2024 predictions
Spring Budget 2024 predictions