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The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is a tax deduction scheme under which tax is deducted from payments made to subcontractors for construction work unless the subcontractor is registered with HMRC for gross payment status. HMRC recently published guidance on the application of the CIS to property investment companies after it came to their attention that […]

HMRC’s basic premise is that where a company pays a personal bill, there will be tax and National Insurance implications unless the expense is work related, incurred ‘wholly, exclusively and necessarily’ for the job. How the tax is accounted for and whether it is solely the employee who is liable to NI or both the

Business Property Relief (BPR) is an attractive inheritance tax (IHT) relief potentially providing 100% tax relief in respect of qualifying assets (termed ‘relevant business property‘) relating to both lifetime transfers of business assets or in the death estate, providing, of course, certain provisions apply. Different conditions apply depending on whether the assets are transferred during