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HMT Consultation Paper – New Tax Rules for Residential Properties over £2m

Posted on June 6, 2012

HM Treasury has recently published its Consultation Paper on the new property taxes first outlined in the Budget earlier this year. See below a brief overview of the main suggestions. The consultation period runs until 23 August. Since the Budget in March, Stamp Duty Land Tax of 15% already applies to new purchases above £2m in value by "certain non-natural persons"; It is also proposed that...

Budget 2012 Summary

Posted on March 21, 2012

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Much like last year, the weather has been very kind to George Osborne on Budget Day. Please find below an brief overview of the main points, with some thoughts and opinion thrown in. Hope it's useful. Like the weather, the overall message this year was much the same as last year. While austerity remains the order of the day, I can't help but think that there was...

Quarterly Private Client Newsletter: February 2012

Posted on February 15, 2012

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Please see below a link to February 2012's Quarterly Private Client Newsletter from Kennedy Black Wealth Management. In this edition, we are pleased to recap on some prestigious recognition that we've received over the past three months. We are also pleased to report that we are expanding and would like to welcome Cathi Harrison to the team. Cathi is a highly qualified paraplanner and will work...

Latest Kennedy Black Wealth Management Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Posted on February 22, 2011

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Please see below a link to February 2011's Quarterly Private Client Newsletter from Kennedy Black Wealth Management. In this edition, we focus on some year end tax planning topics such as ISAs and Capital Gains Tax planning. The first article outlines how stocks and shares ISAs are almost as tax efficient as pensions - and since we all should recognise the tax benefits of pensions, perhaps...

Coalition Budget: “The Emergency Budget” – initial reaction

Posted on June 22, 2010

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As you may have just seen, the new Coalition government has just announced its "emergency" Budget, including a large array of spending cuts and some not insignificant tax rises, with the goal of reducing the UK's budget deficit. Below is my initial reaction to the main anouncements, although as usual the devil is in the detail so there may be further conclusions to draw once...

Reaction to Budget 2010

Posted on March 24, 2010

in CGT, Inheritance Tax, Investments, Mortgages, News, Pensions, Tax

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Alastair Darling today announced his last Budget before the next general election. As a result, it was expected to be high on political rhetoric - and it didn't disappoint. However, at the same time it was low on new measures - which was rather disappointing. The key points for our Private Clients are outlined below, with some of our initial thoughts. Overall, the main winners were first-time...

Kennedy Black launches Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Posted on February 2, 2010

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As part of our ongoing commitment to our clients, Kennedy Black has launched a Quarterly Private Client Newsletter which will cover a whole range of topical personal finance stories. This month, we start by focusing on the numerous and important changes that will occur at the end of this tax year, and the actions that need to be taken. We also start a series of...

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HMT Consultation Paper – New Tax Rules for Residential Properties over £2m

Budget 2012 Summary

Quarterly Private Client Newsletter: February 2012

Latest Kennedy Black Wealth Management Quarterly Private Client Newsletter

Coalition Budget: “The Emergency Budget” – initial reaction

Reaction to Budget 2010

Kennedy Black launches Quarterly Private Client Newsletter