Consultant
Paul is a Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of STEP and holds the STEP Advanced Certificate in the UK Taxation of International Clients.
A former Law Society Council Member he lectures from time to time on mainly taxation matters. He advises on most aspects of taxation, including business and agricultural property relief, excluded property trusts and various other off shore and non domiciliary issues affecting inheritance tax, capital gains tax and income tax.
Paul also advises on the tax aspects of various corporate transactions such as mergers and demergers.
Specialisms
Inheritance Tax
Inheritance tax planning particularly involving the use of trusts and various reliefs and exemptions
Capital Gains Tax
Planning for Capital Gains Tax including advising non residents and non domiciliaries
Income Tax
Income tax planning
Property Trusts
Use of excluded property trusts – taxation aspects
Trusts
Trusts generally both onshore and offshore
Corporate Reorganisations
Taxation aspects of corporate reorganisations including stamp duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax
Lease Strategies
Reversionary lease strategies
Entrepreneurs Relief
Working alongside the commercial team to advise clients on Entrepreneurs relief
In Practice
Property Trusts
Dismantling of pre-existing excluded property trusts
Capital Gains Tax
Incorporation exercise to reduce liability to Capital Gains Tax on sale of development land
Minority Shareholder
Advice to minority shareholder on company sale resulting in the indefinite postponement of multi million pound tax liability
Minority Shareholder Advice
Advice to minority shareholder on company sale resulting in the indefinite postponement of multi million pound tax liability
Cross Appropriation
Utilising power of cross appropriation in a trust to enable reliefs to be used more than once
Deed of Variation
Deed of variation to avoid inheritance tax reservation of benefit rules
Corporate Demergers
Advising on tax aspects of corporate demerger particularly gaining tax advantage from the de-grouping charge rules refinancing of existing offshore structures
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