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How our client paid just 10% tax on £800,000

Our client was a trading company owned 50% each, by husband and wife. The company had traded successfully for many years and had built up a large reserve of cash that was principally held on deposit account. The owners also had substantial cash reserves and property income in their personal

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child benefit and income tax

Child Benefit – Neither fair nor simple!

From 7th January 2013 Child Benefit entitlement has been withdrawn on a sliding scale on those households where at least one of the individual’s adjusted net incomes exceeds £50,000 per annum. The entitlement is entirely withdrawn where at least one of their adjusted net incomes exceeds £60,000 per annum. Whatever

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How we turned a £25,000 tax bill into a £30,000 tax rebate

Our tax manager Claire was recently approached by an individual who had realised a capital gain of approximately £100,000 and was faced with a forthcoming tax liability of approximately £25,000. His friend had recommended him to Ross Brooke and he asked us if there was any way that he could mitigate

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Emily Ness joins as new Partner at Ross Brooke

Ross Brooke is delighted to announce that Emily Ness has recently become its fourth Partner. Speaking of her appointment Emily said “I was delighted when I was approached with the offer of a Partnership at Ross Brooke as it is such a progressive firm. The firm adopts a real “can-do”

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More misleading headlines?

I see that this morning’s Independent newspaper leads with the headline “Vodafone’s £84bn tax avoidance bonanza”. This of course refers to the gain that Vodafone will make on the sale of its stake in American mobile phone company Verizon. Following on from other similar stories of multi-nationals apparently avoiding taxes

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