Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 31/07/2024 - 13:01There is a plethora of online news websites that charge a subscription to access articles. That is not unusual. Mr Alexander is asking those who value the website to...
Reply to the comment left by David Coughlin at 28/07/2024 - 17:12Dear David Your esteemed accountant's advice should hopefully provide some comfort to those affected by this fiasco. Did he give you any indication of what grounds HMRC could have...
Dear GlanACC Thank you for your comment. However, I fear that you may be incorrect on a number of levels. Firstly, increasing the liabilities prior to moving to a company does not avoid any tax - there is still no...
Reply to the comment left by Jim Fraser at 28/07/2024 - 09:19CORRECTION In my second paragraph I wrote "higher corporation tax receipts", whereas I should have written "lower corporation tax receipts". A senior moment!
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 26/07/2024 - 21:48Yes indeed, I found Mr Marr’s explanation of the process very helpful. I must admit to struggling to understand how this process works and why...
Dear JB The simple fact is that HMRC can't simply "renege on previous rules which were accepted multiple times", without falling foul of their own guidance, as can be seen in the following HMRC Manuals. https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/banking-manual/bkm504450 https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/enquiry-manual/em3234 I wonder why...
Dear Accommod8. Whilst I cannot advocate on the efficacy of such business structuring, a Family Investment Company appears to be a widely used and well understood form of business structure. I saw an FT article some years ago about an...
Reply to the comment left by Jim Fraser at 19/10/2023 - 13:25Oh dear, oh dear. The more I read from this Dan Neidle the more I feel I must congratulate Mark Alexander for his composure! On social media I see...
Dear Mr Smith. I see from your kind reply to another poster that you are taking comments, so I hope you don’t mind me asking a question. Mr Neidle lists amongst the contributors to his work a Mr Ray McCann,...
Oh my goodness, did you read the Guardian article? He said "I am a really f*****g terrible person to sue, because I enjoy it, I have money, I have time. I have lots of legal friends." This is obviously how...
Reply to comment left by Ryan Stevens at 31/07/2024 - 13:01
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 31/07/2024 - 13:01There is a plethora of online news websites that charge a subscription to access articles. That is not unusual. Mr Alexander is asking those who value the website to...
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Reply to the comment left by David Coughlin at 28/07/2024 - 17:12Dear David Your esteemed accountant's advice should hopefully provide some comfort to those affected by this fiasco. Did he give you any indication of what grounds HMRC could have...
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Dear GlanACC Thank you for your comment. However, I fear that you may be incorrect on a number of levels. Firstly, increasing the liabilities prior to moving to a company does not avoid any tax - there is still no...
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Reply to the comment left by Jim Fraser at 28/07/2024 - 09:19CORRECTION In my second paragraph I wrote "higher corporation tax receipts", whereas I should have written "lower corporation tax receipts". A senior moment!
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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 26/07/2024 - 21:48Yes indeed, I found Mr Marr’s explanation of the process very helpful. I must admit to struggling to understand how this process works and why...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jane Breakell at 23/07/2024 - 13:22
Dear JB The simple fact is that HMRC can't simply "renege on previous rules which were accepted multiple times", without falling foul of their own guidance, as can be seen in the following HMRC Manuals. https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/banking-manual/bkm504450 https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/enquiry-manual/em3234 I wonder why...
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Dear Accommod8. Whilst I cannot advocate on the efficacy of such business structuring, a Family Investment Company appears to be a widely used and well understood form of business structure. I saw an FT article some years ago about an...
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Reply to the comment left by Jim Fraser at 19/10/2023 - 13:25Oh dear, oh dear. The more I read from this Dan Neidle the more I feel I must congratulate Mark Alexander for his composure! On social media I see...
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I agree, but they are his own words!! He must be a very bizarre character.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Smith Head of Chambers Cotswold Barristers at 19/10/2023 - 11:37
Dear Mr Smith. I see from your kind reply to another poster that you are taking comments, so I hope you don’t mind me asking a question. Mr Neidle lists amongst the contributors to his work a Mr Ray McCann,...
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Oh my goodness, did you read the Guardian article? He said "I am a really f*****g terrible person to sue, because I enjoy it, I have money, I have time. I have lots of legal friends." This is obviously how...
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