Tax:
Planning
Tax planning is a core activity of the firm. There is a strong tax knowledge throughout the firm, and our staff are conscious of the tax impact of commercial transactions. Our Tax Department gives the specialist support to our non-tax staff and to clients. The complexity of legislation now requires specialist tax planning to enable our clients legally to minimise their exposure to all taxes.
The tax advice we give is always tailored to our clients' circumstances and facts. Clients are rarely identical, so "one size fits all" does not work!
Typical Tax Department planning includes:
- Personal income tax or capital gains tax mitigation, including consideration of tax efficient investments (including pensions, venture capital trusts, enterprise investment schemes, film partnerships and enterprise zone trusts - all in conjunction with our Financial Services Department) or other reliefs that may be available.
- Tax planning for businesses, including identifying and optimising claims for relief, for example identifying items eligible for capital allowances and enhanced capital allowances for energy or water efficient plant.
- Corporation tax planning by optimising companies' tax relief claims, including planning for groups of companies.
- Remuneration planning for owners and key employees, including dividend or fees planning, tax efficient remuneration and share incentive schemes.
- Estate and inheritance tax planning, including advising on the structure and content of wills and inheritance tax efficient investments.
- Trust planning, in conjunction with estate planning or otherwise.
- Planning for particular transactions, including company reorganisations or share buy backs, or the acquisition or disposal of significant assets.
- Consideration of VAT implications of transactions or VAT planning in general to optimise a business' VAT exposure.
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