Property

UK residents will need to hire a tax representative on the sale of their holiday home in France, French property specialists have warned

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

The number of wealthy families claiming back inheritance tax has rocketed since the start of the covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing financial turmoil

In a year where Britons have spent more time in our own homes than perhaps ever before, what does 2021 hold in store for the residential property market?

The common practice in the art world of protecting clients’ confidentiality and shielding transactions with a cloak of secrecy has been challenged in a recent decision by the High Court (Hickox v. Dickinson [2020] EWHC 2520 (Ch)) which has resulted in a peek behind the normally closed doors of private art sales...

The Supreme Court has dismissed the application by Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of jailed Azerbaijani banker Jahangir Hajiyev, to appeal the Unexplained Wealth Order made against her by the National Crime Agency

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) main data on wealth misses almost £800 billion of assets held by the wealthiest one percent of households and correcting for this oversight means UK wealth inequality is higher than previously thought, according to new Resolution Foundation research published yesterday (Sunday 3 January 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...

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

The Welsh government announced changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax in its draft budget yesterday (21/12/20).