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Graham's Articles

• 2012 Budget

  Published: March 22, 2012

• Should I or My Company Own My Car?

  Published: August 4, 2011

• Having Your Cake & Eating It

  Published: July 20, 2011

• Tax Relief on Capital Expenditure

  Published: July 4, 2011

• Knock 43% off the Cost of Your Property Purchase

  Published: June 20, 2011

• £4,250 Tax Free Income

  Published: June 4, 2011

• Excess Pension Contributions

  Published: May 3, 2011

• 2011 Budget - Client Review Meetings Essential

  Published: March 25, 2011

• A Couple of Ideas for Your Clients

  Published: January 4, 2011

• Client Opportunities From Pension Legislation Changes

  Published: December 10, 2010

• Treasury Announcement - Should You be Reviewing your Clients?

  Published: October 20, 2010

• Tax Efficient Directors’ Remuneration

  Published: October 7, 2010

• Don't Forget the Bairns' Part

  Published: September 7, 2010

• Emergency Budget 2010

  Published: June 23, 2010

• 2010 Budget

  Published: March 25, 2010

• PCLS - a Complaint Waiting to Happen

  Published: February 25, 2010

• 2009 Pre-Budget Report

  Published: December 9, 2009

• Company Car Tax Relief

  Published: November 25, 2009

• £150,000 Income Pension Trap

  Published: November 10, 2009

• Extracting Money from a Company Tax-Efficiently

  Published: April 22, 2009

• Reducing Capital Gains Tax on Share Sales

  Published: January 9, 2008

• Tax Rules for Santa

  Published: December 17, 2007

• A Tax Glossary

  Published: November 7, 2007

• Tax and Employment Status

  Published: October 29, 2007

• Proposed Capital Gains Tax changes

  Published: October 17, 2007

• Commentary on the Pre-Budget Report

  Published: October 10, 2007

• National Minimum Wage Prosecution

  Published: September 28, 2007

• When Can a Taxi Home be a Tax Free Benefit?

  Published: September 5, 2007

• The Redwood Report

  Published: August 17, 2007

• Arctic Systems – Lords Ruling

  Published: August 6, 2007

• The second first Inheritance Tax criminal prosecution

  Published: January 31, 2006

• Last chance to make decent pension contributions

  Published: January 27, 2006

• With-Profits Accounting Standards

  Published: December 19, 2005

• Taxation for Property Investors

  Published: December 19, 2005

• The Ongoing Saga of Arctic Systems & Settlement Legislation

  Published: December 16, 2005

• Significant Points Arising from 2005 Pre-Budget Statement

  Published: December 12, 2005

• National Insurance Avoidance

  Published: November 24, 2005

• UK Residence for Income Tax purposes

  Published: November 18, 2005

• Briefing on the Finance (No 2) Act 2005

  Published: September 19, 2005

• Are M&S Chocolate Covered Teacakes Biscuits or Cakes?

  Published: September 6, 2005

• The costs of living home and away

  Published: August 12, 2005

• FURBS ? Buy Now While Stocks Last

  Published: July 26, 2005

• Update on Tax Haven Information Exchange

  Published: July 25, 2005

• Tax Credit Scandal

  Published: July 18, 2005

• With Profits & Accounting Standards

  Published: June 29, 2005

• UK is one of the worst countries in the EU

  Published: May 27, 2005

• How much additional profit have you made so far this year using the "sell by date" opportunity of a SSAS?

  Published: April 28, 2005

• 2005 Finance (No 2) Act

  Published: April 12, 2005

• The Belgium Plan

  Published: April 4, 2005

• VAT Planning

  Published: February 4, 2005

• What Documents are Inland Revenue Entitled to See?

  Published: January 21, 2005

• As Inland Revenue Customers Do We Have Free Choice?

  Published: January 17, 2005

• Get the Taxman to Pay for Your Dinner Dates

  Published: January 17, 2005

• Tsunami Disaster

  Published: January 7, 2005

• Deeds of Variation

  Published: December 22, 2004

• Evading Inheritance Tax

  Published: December 13, 2004

• The Pre-Budget Statement

  Published: December 10, 2004

• The Intelligence of HM Customs and Revenue Staff

  Published: November 16, 2004

• The Select Committee on Economic Affairs

  Published: October 15, 2004

• Section 660 - Round One to the Revenue

  Published: October 8, 2004

• Legal Privilege & The New Reporting Regulations

  Published: September 24, 2004

• Inland Revenue Fishing Expeditions

  Published: August 13, 2004

• Her Majestys Revenue and Customs

  Published: August 9, 2004

• The New 50 percent Tax on Salary

  Published: August 9, 2004

• The New Reporting Regulations - do you understand them?

  Published: August 3, 2004

• How to avoid Stamp Duty Land Tax on Buy to Let properties

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Changes to the New Tax Avoidance Reporting Regulations

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Will the New Tax Avoidance Reporting Regulations Apply to the Advice I Give?

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Are these Early Day Motions a sign of the times?

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Borrowing to pay tax

  Published: July 19, 2004

• The KPMG International Corporate Tax Rate Survey

  Published: July 19, 2004

• The Williamsburg Memorandum of Understanding

  Published: July 19, 2004

• FURBS

  Published: July 19, 2004

• How far back can Inland Revenue go?

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Avoidance Intelligence Unit

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Avoiding the unwelcome attentions of SOCA

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Budget Briefing

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Money Laundering Reports on Tax Evasion

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Last Chance To Pay Tax Efficient Dividends

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Treasury Cannot Estimate Tax Saved!!

  Published: July 19, 2004

• Dividend versus Bonus

  Published: July 19, 2004

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