Farmhouses provide no warm welcome for HMRC
6 June 2013HMRC has lost a long-running court case where it sought to charge inheritance tax on farmhouses where the farmland and farmhouse are ...
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James Cowper Kreston hits the right notes for One Media AIM float
31 May 2013Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston has advised music and film rights owner One Media on its successful AIM float.
James Cowper Kreston and Satellite Applications Catapult to reach for the stars
28 May 2013Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston has been appointed auditors to the recently launched Satellite Applications Catapult, a technology ...
Active accountants raise funds for five local charities
17 May 2013Staff at Thames Valley and Southampton accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston have been putting their fundraising skills to good use ...
IHT relief warning for business owners
7 May 2013Business owners who took out borrowing secured on a personal asset such as their home, in order to invest in a business ...
Farming estates find little to cheer in Budget says James Cowper Kreston
22 March 2013Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne did not have much room for manoeuvre in his 2013 Budget and is unlikely to have ...
James Cowper Kreston Budget Comment
22 March 2013Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne did not have much room for manoeuvre in his 2013 Budget yet has found a little ...
Guernsey set to no longer be a tax haven under deal
20 March 2013Britons with offshore accounts in Guernsey could find themselves much worse off under a deal to boost transparency between the Treasury and ...
Survey shows how Government can boost tech industries
15 March 2013A survey of over 2,000 technology businesses published this week shows a sector buoyed by its strengths in the development and commercialisation ...
HMRC cracks down on buy to let investors who sell up
14 March 2013People who have sold properties that are not their main homes and who have not told HMRC about the profits they have ...
VAT windfall for occupational pensions denied
11 March 2013Judges in Luxembourg have this week (7 March 2013) ruled that UK workplace defined pension funds are not special investment funds and ...
Budget to focus on clampdowns not cuts, says accountants James Cowper Kreston
8 March 2013George Osborne will do all he can to promote growth but has limited scope for manoeuvre when the budget is given on ...
James Cowper Kreston advises City & County Healthcare on its first Welsh acquisition
8 March 2013Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston client and private equity-backed company, City & County Healthcare Group, has acquired ISS ...
PRE AND POST 6 APRIL 2013 TAX PLANNING
8 March 2013It is that time of year to carry out a review of your financial affairs to maximise 2012/13 tax reliefs. Any ...
Isle of Man no longer a tax haven under tax deal
25 February 2013HMRC has announced that Britons concealing money in the Isle of Man have three years to own up and get their affairs ...
Administrators of Atraverda close to sale
22 February 2013Creditors of battery manufacturer Atraverda, including its investors, are set to lose out on more than £4m after the Abertillery-based company entered ...
James Cowper Kreston Managing Partner elected to Kreston Global Board
14 February 2013Steve Clarke, the Managing Partner of accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston has been elected to serve on the Kreston Global Board.
Disappointment for holiday let owners as HMRC wins inheritance tax test case
11 February 2013Thousands of holiday let owners across the country are once again facing paying inheritance tax (IHT) after a court ruling.
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