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	<description>If you think your tax bill is too high it probably is....read our blog and become more tax savvy.....</description>
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		<title>We love a challenge and GB Row is the biggest we’ve seen yet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The London Olympics is a tough act for any sporting challenge to follow. Over the years RJP has and continues to support and sponsor community sports initiatives – Surbiton Hockey Club and Thames Ditton Cricket Club being two local ones.  When the organisers of GB Row approached RJP to sponsor their rowing challenge, we were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/05/23/we-love-a-challenge-and-gb-row-is-the-biggest-we%e2%80%99ve-seen-yet/</link>
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		<title>Non-exec directors and office holders now subject to IR35 rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who runs a limited company and works as a freelance consultant or contractor will be aware of IR35 and how it can affect their tax liability. The IR35 legislation was originally introduced in the 1990s to expose taxpayers who were effectively employees but were being paid for their services through a limited company and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/05/23/non-exec-directors-and-office-holders-now-subject-to-ir35-rules/</link>
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		<title>If you have underpaid tax, it’s time to get your affairs in order</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month it was confirmed by HMRC that all UK overseas territories &#8211; The Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands – now have in place automatic tax disclosure deals with the Government. This means they are automatically exchanging financial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/05/23/if-you-have-underpaid-tax-it%e2%80%99s-time-to-get-your-affairs-in-order/</link>
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		<title>LLPs with corporate partners should be wary of new legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months we have blogged about the issue of corporate entities and the benefits of a business considering different structures, which may include an LLP or a limited company. Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are a popular choice for those providing professional services because although they may not be as tax efficient as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/05/14/llps-with-corporate-partners-should-be-wary-of-new-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Flexibility of an LLP can be better than the tax advantages of incorporation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the oldest adages in the world of tax is ‘never let the tax tail wag the commercial dog’ and we hear it repeated time and again. No one likes to pay high taxes but being seduced by the prospect of lower tax should never cloud one’s judgement and become the sole justification for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/04/25/flexibility-of-an-llp-can-be-better-than-the-tax-advantages-of-incorporation/</link>
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		<title>Tax relief opportunities on disincorporation – effective from April 2013</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of whether or not to incorporate your business into a limited company is a topic previously discussed in our blog. There can be clear tax planning advantages to incorporation as it creates flexibility over levels of income chargeable to personal tax, and prevents profits immediately becoming chargeable to tax at the highest personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/04/19/tax-relief-opportunities-on-disincorporation-%e2%80%93-effective-from-april-2013/</link>
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		<title>HMRC Campaigns Round Up – Property Owners and Investors Read On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HMRC has recently turned its attentions to property owners and investors with the launch of new taskforces and initiatives to recover additional tax revenues. Firstly, aimed at buy-to-let landlords in the South East, HMRC currently has a taskforce monitoring the activities of landlords whose self assessment tax returns may not reflect the value of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/04/09/hmrc-campaigns-round-up-%e2%80%93-property-owners-and-investors-read-on/</link>
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		<title>New employee shareholder contracts to offer CGT free benefits to staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our Budget review last month we mentioned one interesting announcement of a new tax relief, which had not been expanded upon in HMRC’s release notes. This is the opportunity for employee shareholders to dispose of shares without incurring capital gains tax (CGT). Further details have now been published and present an interesting new proposal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/04/04/new-employee-shareholder-contracts-to-offer-cgt-free-benefits-to-staff/</link>
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		<title>The devil is always in the detail but in this Budget, it’s missing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year at Budget time we consider how positive the announcements are for owner managed businesses in particular. For instance, the news of the corporation tax reduction to 20% from 2015 is for those paying the main rate and not relevant for small businesses. Similarly the extension to the ‘above the line’ R&#38;D tax credits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/03/21/the-devil-is-always-in-the-detail-but-in-this-budget-it%e2%80%99s-missing/</link>
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		<title>Tax and company secretarial – logical partners or unexpected bedfellows?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax planning and the work undertaken by a company secretary are closely connected. Directors of owner-managed companies often misunderstand this inter-relationship. For limited companies, there are issues relating to shareholdings and dividend payments, which can impact tax levels, depending on the way they have been allocated. Below are two scenarios highlighting how your tax bills [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rjp.co.uk/taxtalk/2013/03/21/tax-and-company-secretarial-%e2%80%93-logical-partners-or-unexpected-bedfellows/</link>
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