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16 Jun 2021Weekly Tax Update 15 June 2021
The latest tax update and VAT round up for the week. -
11 Jun 2021Geopolitical risks under a Biden administration
The pandemic prompted a hiatus in geopolitical tensions, as governments turned inwards to deal with the crisis. However, the easing of restrictions has reopened some old wounds. US/Russian relations have soured, while Israel and Palestine have resumed their long-running conflict. China has resumed its geopolitical ambitions by agitating in Taiwan. Should this trouble investors? -
11 Jun 2021Highlights of the proposed Residential Property Developer Tax
HMRC has released a consultation for a new Residential Property Developer Tax (RPDT), designed to improve housebuilding standards in the UK. We look at the proposals under consideration, asking what they might mean for your company and how you can prepare. -
11 Jun 2021Investment Outlook June 2021
In the June issue, we discuss: if equities are absorbing an inflationary side effect. -
11 Jun 2021Tax changes ahead
As Government attention turns to the large deficit caused by COVID-19, there may be tax rises ahead. -
10 Jun 2021Weekly Tax Update 9 June 2021
The latest tax update and VAT round up for the week. -
08 Jun 2021Performance: slowing revenue growth and rising costs saw law firms ill-prepared for a crisis
In common with many sectors, law firms were caught by surprise when the pandemic hit the UK in March 2020. Many went into the pandemic with slowing revenue growth and high cost bases, a tough starting point to face down a once-in-a-generation crisis. -
08 Jun 2021Financial strength: law firms raced to preserve cash as pandemic hit
In common with many other sectors, law firms faced a potential cash crunch from the Covid crisis. The early part of the pandemic saw law firms take drastic action to shore up their cash positions in the face of sliding revenues. -
07 Jun 2021Surviving the pandemic: law firms have weathered the storm
The majority of UK law firms have a March or April year end, so we can now access information on their performance and financial strength for the year to 30 March/April 2020 of the top 50 firms, just as the pandemic started significantly to impact everyone’s lives. -
01 Jun 2021Technology industry revenue - To recognise upfront or overtime?
It was widely known that the technology industry would be significantly affected by the revenue recognition standards, IFRS 15 and ASC 606: Revenue from contracts with customers (2018). Whilst the standards provide significantly more guidance over the treatment of revenue, the application of these accounting standards is still proving to be a real challenge. -
26 May 2021Weekly Tax Update 26 May 2021
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24 May 2021“Japanification” fears of the US are misplaced
The fear of ‘Japanification’ – decades of subdued economic growth and sporadic periods of deflation - has stalked policymakers across the world, ever since Japan’s vast financial bubble burst in the early 1990s. Other economies, both developed and emerging have been alert to signs of a similar phenomenon and it is arguably the experience of Japan that has helped drive the vast monetary and fiscal stimulus packages in recent years. But how great a risk is a Japanification of the US economy today? -
19 May 2021Is it the last straw for farming companies?
Farming companies became popular in the 1950s when they provided a route to reduce the value of land for what is now inheritance tax. There are still many companies in existence where the land is owned by the shareholders but subject to Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancies in favour of the company. -
19 May 2021Weekly Tax Update 19 May 2021
The latest tax update and VAT round up for the week. -
12 May 2021Weekly Tax Update 12 May 2021
The latest tax update and VAT round up for the week. -
11 May 2021Is the UK Funds Regime fit for UK Real Estate?
Property fund structures are currently being reviewed by HMRC as part of a wide-reaching consultation on the UK fund regime.