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Life’s a Beach

Friday 19th July 2019 marked the date of the first Haggards Crowther staff summer party and with just enough sunshine to qualify it as British summer time, we took to the beach. The beach in question was not festooned with deckchairs, donkeys and kiss me quick hats, however. No, this...

HMRC Scam Emails

Following several recent instances whereby clients have received a supposed email from...

Haggards Crowther Bucks the Trend for Recommendations

Research by Xero suggests 70% of clients would not recommend their current...

Haggards Crowther News May 2019

It has been another busy period for the team here at Haggards...

Inheritance Tax – 2022/23 Tax Year End

The Inheritance Tax (IHT) nil rate band is currently frozen at £325,000 until 5 April 2021. As part of a person’s ongoing Inheritance Tax planning, full use should be made of available exemptions

Tax Advantaged Investments – 2018/19 Tax Year End

ISAs, EIS, SEIS, VCT schemes and family investment companies (FIC) can prove useful means of investing money before the tax year end.

Pensions – 2018/19 Tax Year End

Pensions can be a great way of reducing the tax burden. You can contribute £40,000 (gross) a year into a pension scheme. This can be increased if you did not use up your allowances in the preceding 3 years and were a member of a qualifying pension scheme.

Property Assets – 2018/19 Tax Year End

Property investments, lettings and long term rentals have come under the microscope in recent budgets. There are various changes in legislation and available reliefs coming in 2019 and 2020 that you need to be aware of.

Charitable Giving and GiftAid – 2018/19 Tax Year End

If a UK higher rate taxpayer or additional rate taxpayer makes a Gift Aid donation, further tax relief is available to the donor over and above the tax relief claimed by the charity.

Income Tax – 2022/23 Tax Year End

The starting point in tax planning is to understand where your income is likely to fall relative to the tax thresholds.

Capital Gains Tax – 2022/23 Tax Year End

Significant receipts of additional income may be liable to Capital Gains Tax (CGT). But losses and disposals can be offset. Find out about rates, exemptions and offsetting.

Haggards Crowther Team Update

As mentioned in our last team update back in November, it’s been a busy Autumn for new arrivals at Haggards...