Land tax and foreign beneficiaries It’s getting on for Christmas and you’ve had a hell of a rush – people seem to think the world will come to the end on Christmas Eve. A month or so ago Mary asked you to set up a discretionary trust to purchase a...

You settle on the couch with a glass of wine after a long and exhausting day. Your husband has been flat out harvesting and you didn’t realise just how useful he actually is around the house and with the kids. You’re buggered and behind on your work as you...

Snapshot: Acquiring assets through a company may attract various tax implications. Always advise the client to talk to an accountant before buying property in the name of a company. Your farmer client Fred comes see you. He’s had a couple of very successful...

Will and Kate are an elderly couple you have been working with for only a little over 12 months. You have done four jobs for them already, and so thrilled when Will calls you again in the space of 2 weeks to say he wanted to discuss his new business idea....

You are relaxing by an open fire nursing a mug of warm mulled wine when your phone starts ringing.  You look down and see it is work.  Whilst you had asked not to be disturbed on your skiing holiday, after spending most of the day splayed out on the snow in...

Snap shot: Always follow testamentary options strictly in accordance with the will. Check for Revenue Rulings for guidance Megan, a long-term client and friend comes in to see you about her late sister’s estate. Megan tells you she has been given an option...