Jon Stow Consulting – Tax Solutions

We are committed to helping our clients meet properly their tax compliance obligations to HMRC, while at the same time giving advice on the deductions and reliefs available so that no one pays more tax than they should out of ignorance.

We recognise that there are some who have not yet advised HMRC of their potential liability to tax in respect let property and sales of investment property. We are happy to help people to make those steps to join the tax system and to represent them in dealing with HMRC, … Continue Reading

The reality is that many married couples are liable to very different rates of income tax. It is not uncommon to have one who is a 40% payer while the other is liable only at 20% or has no liability at all. Therefore you might think that there would be some mileage in arranging property affairs to take advantage of this.

It is of course conceivable that the person with the higher level of income could be a 50% payer but most people in this position would and should … Continue Reading

If you are buying a property with your spouse or civil partner or even just a business partner and you intend to let it out, make sure your solicitor or conveyancer knows this and arranges the most suitable ownership status. Generally for tax reasons this will be as tenants in common. As a tenant in common you will each own a specific share of the property, which may be half, or a different specified percentage.

The other sort of joint ownership is known as a joint tenancy. In that … Continue Reading

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If you are thinking of selling your business or thinking of buying one, please do get tax advice at the outset. Of course commercial considerations are paramount, but once you have decided in principle upon making a move to sell, or a move to buy and started looking at the numbers, do take into account that those numbers may be affected in a major way by tax considerations.

Selling the owner managed company

In most circumstances a small owner-managed … Continue Reading

Recently I have written posts on Furnished Holiday Lettings and on the new Capital Gains regime. Such is the enthusiasm for property investment and development even in these troubled times (and I share that interest myself) that I thought I should write a brief summary of the taxation implications of these interests and activities.

Property still offers the prospect of profits and long-term investment gains at a time when share markets are uncertain and yields on savings are generally poor. … Continue Reading

Following George Osborne’s “Emergency” Budget in June and still in the middle of a downturn, it is been hard to assess the immediate impact of the changes announced on small businesses. This practice acts for many who are wondering how they will be affected, and whilst there was a good deal of immediate reaction in the aftermath, there has been time for some more considered thought.

I am not blessed with second sight, but will dive into the debate anyway. Firstly, here are the basic measures:

• For small incorporated businesses the … Continue Reading
  

Rather than bore you with another “Emergency” Budget Summary, and many of us including me have been inundated with very similar emails and documents containing the “key” facts, I am going to be picking out and expanding on a few items of interest. I think Furnished Holiday Lettings are a good place to start because they are an area of entrepreneurial potential and should be of interest to many.

In the 2009 Budget Chancellor Darling announced that the special arrangements distinguishing Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) from other types of letting … Continue Reading

We now know that the “Emergency Budget” will be on 22nd June. In the interim we will have further flapping about the headline rate of capital gains tax going up to the highest marginal income rate (40 or 50%), as opposed to the 18% flat rate we currently have for non-business assets and an effective 10% rate for business assets.

Well hang on, isn’t that what we had up to April 2008, only two years ago? The rate then was effectively 10% for business assets … Continue Reading

We have a new Government in place and a new fiscal policy which we will learn about in the coming weeks. We know that there are going to be tax rises and we know something of what they will be, as well as of other measures.

• The National Insurance increase planned for April 2011 will be only for employees. The “jobs tax” element of the increase which would have been imposed by the previous administration is not going to take place; at least not until the economy and jobs market seems to be recovering.
• The tax free income tax Personal Allowance will … Continue Reading