7 Sep 2023
Laura Knight shortlisted for the Powerwomen Awards 2024
International & Crypto Tax Director Laura Knight has been shortlisted for ‘FinTech/Crypto Woman of the Year’ at Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2024.
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Ready Player One: what financial services professionals need to know about web 3 and the metaverse
1 Sep 2023
Will PayPal’s stablecoin succeed where Facebook’s failed? – Ben Lee and Dion Seymour
Crypto Tax Partner, Ben Lee, and Crypto & Digital Assets Technical Director, Dion Seymour, discuss PayPal’s announcement of their own stablecoin and its UK tax implications, in Law360.
1 Sep 2023
The UK tax regime for non-dom fund managers – Julian Nelberg and Mike Haynes
Head of Private Clients Julian Nelberg and Head of Employment and Pensions Mike Haynes discuss the UK tax regime for non-domiciled fund managers and how this changed following anti-avoidance legislation in 2015.
16 Aug 2023
Important tax issues when relocating to the UK – Julian Nelberg, Paul Lloyds, and Keith Meyer
Private Client Partners Julian Nelberg, Paul Lloyds, Mike Haynes and Keith Meyer discuss important tax issues to consider for those relocating to the UK, such as whether non-domiciled status applies to them and how their assets and investments should be structured.
15 Aug 2023
Crypto Is a New Type of Personal Property, UK Commission Finds – Dion Seymour
Crypto & Digital Assets Technical Director, Dion Seymour, discusses the Law Commission’s final report on digital assets, the four recommendations made in the report, and how property rights and taxation apply to crypto under English law, in Bloomberg Tax.
10 Aug 2023
Cryptoassets: widespread misunderstanding on tax treatment must be addressed – Dion Seymour
Dion Seymour discusses the need for broader understanding among cryptoasset owners of the tax implications of these assets, in Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence.
3 Aug 2023
Julian Nelberg, Paul Lloyds, Keith Meyer and Mike Haynes discuss breaking UK domicile
Partners Julian Nelberg, Paul Lloyds, and Keith Meyer, and Head of Employment and Pensions Mike Haynes discuss why breaking UK domicile is difficult and recent changes to the rules governing this.
2 Aug 2023
Cryptocurrency regulation: When is taking a gamble gambling? – Dion Seymour
Dion Seymour discusses the Government’s response to the Treasury Committee’s proposal to regulate crypto as gambling, in AccountingWEB and Forkast.
25 Jul 2023
Mike Haynes comments on the rise in inheritance tax avoidance through pension schemes
Head of Employment and Pensions, Mike Haynes, comments on the increasing use of junior pension schemes by parents and grandparents to avoid inheritance tax, in eprivateclient. Mike’s comments were published in eprivateclient, 25 July 2023. “Saving now puts a lot of trust in the UK pension tax system, which based on recent reforms and the […]
6 Jul 2023
Julian Nelberg, Paul Lloyds, and Keith Meyer discuss tax implications of non-residents acquiring property
Private Client Partners Julian Nelberg, Paul Lloyds, and Keith Meyer discuss the tax implications of non-residents acquiring UK property and how the rules governing this have evolved in recent years.
30 Jun 2023
Dion Seymour comments on the Law Commission’s report on crypto
Dion Seymour comments on the Law Commission’s report on crypto, which calls for a new property law category for digital assets, in the Financial Times.
26 Jun 2023
Cryptoasset regulation: a tale of two reports – Ben Lee
Ben Lee explains why UK regulators are playing catchup on how to control the rapidly growing crypto market, in Accountancy Daily.