Steve Kerby's Blog - November, 2007

Friday, November 09, 2007

The pre budget speech introduces the transferable exemption between spouses to prevent the exemption being wasted. A common planning technique over the years has been to incorporate nil rate trusts into wills to prevent the loss on the first death. The question now arises as to whether these should be removed from the wills or not.

Inheritance Tax

posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 1:17:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

New Enquiry Pilot study

HMRC have announced details of a new proposal as to how enquiries may be handled in the future.It is reminiscent of the old faster working initiative which failed miserably in the 1990s.Apparently they now propose to inform taxpayers why they have been selected and to try and evaluate the work done by their accountant in order to cut down on their time involved.Timescales will be agreed at the outset.

HMRC

posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:38:46 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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Monday, November 05, 2007

Nil Rate Bands For Inheritance Tax

The 2007 pre budget speech introduced the transferable exemption for inheritance tax for a married couple.This means that if upon the death of the first spouse the exemption is not utilised it can be used upon the death of the second spouse.The current exemption is £300,000.

Inheritance Tax

posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 8:34:00 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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Friday, November 02, 2007

Alternative Secured Pension (ASP)

Client approaching 75 has a self invested pension fund after his tax free cash of £165,000. At 75 he either has to purchase an annuity or go into ASP-ie continue to take a pension from the scheme Interesting an annuity guaranteed for minimum period of 10 years yields £16,000 p.a.The alternative under ASP is £15,000 p.a.The first is guaranteed ,the second will vary according to the investment return and could go up or down.

Pensions

posted on Friday, November 02, 2007 8:23:31 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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About Steve

Steve Kerby has an impressive broad spectrum of expertise. He started his career with a small firm, learning the rudimentarys of bookkeeping, and now finds himself on the alumni of Price Waterhouse Coopers, the largest firm of accountants in the world, where he developed his auditing skills. The technical and ever changing minefield of taxation issues is now a large focus for Steve, making him an invaluable member of the Corporate Finance Team.

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