HMRC’s Trusts Register

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24/10/2017
HMRC’s Trusts Register

All websters clients that have trusts should note the new disclosure rules relating to trusts and the reporting obligations for the new online HMRC Trusts Register. The new disclosure rules and the need to establish the Register stemmed from the EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive, which was implemented into UK law on 26 June 2017….

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New non domicile rules relating to UK residential property and offshore trusts

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08/02/2017

With the publication of the draft Finance Bill on 5th December 2016 and the Government’s responses to the August 2016 consultation, clients holding UK residential property through offshore structures and who have set up offshore trusts should be made aware that: Inheritance tax (IHT) on UK residential property holdings • From April 2017, all interests…

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Beware of homemade Wills!

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13/10/2016

The case of Poole v Everall which has recently come before the High Court considered the validity of a homemade Will. Of course the availability of ‘free’ Wills online have seen a significant increase in the setting up of homemade Wills, but as result we are seeing more and more cases coming to court where…

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