Surveys & Research

“We’ve gone through something massive, but people haven’t really changed their attitudes [about future planning],” warned Emma McCann, a partner at Irwin Mitchell

Expansion will help unlock over £800 million for communities across the UK

Last year HMRC published its annual accounts for 2019/20 which once again highlighted the reduction of the UK’s Tax Gap. Since first being recorded in 2005/06, the Tax Gap had largely been falling....

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

The number of UK investor visas issued falls 44 percent as Covid causes huge disruption to international travel...

Bosses will have earnt more by close of play today than their employees will earn in a whole year.

The UK’s Capital Gains Tax bill has hit £10.1 billion, up more than fourfold from just £2.5 billion a decade earlier as taxpayers rush to sell assets ahead of feared increases to CGT, according to financial advisers, Salisbury House Wealth (SHW)

Whilst the majority of Brits were opening presents or tucking into Christmas lunch, more than 2,700 customers filed their Self Assessment tax return on Christmas Day, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed

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...