Pensions

Bill and Melinda Gates are to divorce following 27 years of marriage. They announced that after three children and having established a successful foundation that they “no longer believe we can grow together as a couple”

A survey by pension app creators mypensionID has revealed that over 40 percent of Brits have three or more pension pots

Despite being one of the most anticipated Budgets of the modern era, the actual announcement did not deliver many surprises. A series of press leaks in the run up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech, left little to the imagination. However, there were still a few announcements that have caught the private client industry’s eye...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) relief will be extended until the end of June, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today in his Budget speech

Suddenly it is spring and it’s Budget time again.  It barely seems a year since Rishi Sunak’s first Budget, as the harsh reality of Covid-19 dawned.  As we begin to dare hope for an easing of Covid restrictions and a return to something that resembles normal life, where will the Chancellor’s focus be on Wednesday in his Budget speech?

The number of British pensioners living in the EU has fallen and further declines are expected, as UK pensioners now have to apply for residency to live in the EU post Brexit

UK law firm Macfarlanes has assisted the UK government on some of the technical aspects of the expansion to the Dormant Assets Scheme

2020 has left a big hole in government coffers and there will inevitably be changes to the tax regime in the new year

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the UK government will publish the Budget on Wednesday 3 March 2021

Joe Biden wants to reform the US tax system so that wealthy individuals contribute their “fair share” - a notion which is also part of the UK tax debate...