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  22nd September 2017 | Robin Beadle

  What are the tax implications of helping your child to fund their first home?

  With the combination of high house prices, the high cost of living and increasing levels of student debt, parents, grandparents and other relatives are now donating more and more towards the cost of the fledgling’s first home with the average donation well in excess of £20,000, if not higher.

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  18th September 2017 | Nick Strawson

  Capital Allowances, to claim or not to claim, that is the question.

  The common forms of Capital Allowances available on plant and machinery currently comprise Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) of up to £200,000 per annum and Writing Down Allowance (WDA), set at 18% per annum. These are the maximum allowances available, but is it always wise to claim them?

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  7th September 2017 | Parik Bhandiwad

  MBOs: Structuring the consideration

  In previous blogs published by the Ensors Corporate Finance team, we had discussed the basics of management buyouts (MBOs), preparatory stages of an MBO and the price of an MBO. In this blog, I will be discussing the next step in an MBO process – structuring the price consideration.

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  22nd August 2017 | Fiona Hotston Moore

  Divorce or family disputes and the family business

  Aside from dealing with the emotional impact of divorce or family breakups, a divorce or family dispute can, in my experience, have a devastating impact on a successful family business.

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  21st August 2017 | Robin Beadle

  Financial focus on...To lease or not to lease

  One of the questions we are frequently asked by small businesses is whether or not to buy a car or van outright, on HP, lease it or some other combination. Nowadays there are seemingly as many ways for you to part with your money as there are models to buy. This month’s article attempts to set out the tax treatment of the more common choices.

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