Significant chargeable gains can often arise when an individual dies and the gains are crystalised, therefore, you may have a number of estates that may have overpaid income tax in the year of death of the individual.
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It is no secret that interest rates on client and office accounts have fallen to historic lows. Many law firms are now receiving 0.01% on client monies and will feel a valued income source has all but disappeared. To make matters worse, as reported by the FT Adviser in February 2021, the Bank of England has written to UK banks giving them 6 months to prepare for negative interest rates
In common with other sectors, the legal profession has had an ‘interesting’ time in the past 18 months and there is likely to be a great deal of flux still to come. It is with this in mind that we have recognised that a quarterly legal sector ‘pulse’ survey would help law firms with their strategic planning.
After an extremely challenging 2021, businesses moving into 2022 are faced with yet more professional challenges; how do they recruit into their teams, or as the media have coined it, how do they survive “The Great Resignation”?
The introduction of increased rates of National Insurance Contributions, dividends and Corporation Tax over the next couple of years may give cause for owners and directors of businesses to consider their remuneration package and whether this is still appropriate.
Businesses facing an increase in their tax bills next year can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Government has pushed back its plan to alter the basis period for one year.
As we come to the end of 2021, which for many of us has felt like one long slog since the first lockdown of 2020, here I provide a quick state of the market review and look forward to what 2022 might bring.