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Advantages of a property which qualifies as a furnished holiday let
Income is treated as trading income; loss relief available
CGT rollover relief available is property sold and another purchased
Holdover relief is available on disposal of property
Business asset disposal relief available on disposal
How does a offshore fund obtain and keep its reporting status
Can apply to HMRC for reporting status
Must report details of all its income to HMRC and inform investors of their share of funds income for their tax return
Fund retains status as long as it complies with the rules
Impact of bankruptcy on the trust
If beneficiary trust itself is not directly affected
If they have a right to income or capital, trustee in bankruptcy can claim this
If discretionary trust, trustees can use their discretion and not make a payment
Main duties of a trustee
Must hold title to the trust property
Have a duty to maximise the return on trust fund and use utmost diligence to avoid loss
Keep property accounts of all trust property
Provide beneficiaries with information
Carry out their duties with a duty of care
Act in the way and ordinary prudent business person would be expected
Make the same types of investments if they owned the propert
Invest in line with the term of the trust
Have a regard to the suitability of investments and diversification
Obtain and consider proper advice from a qualified person
Review the investments regularly and vary if appropriate
Avoid conflicts of interest
Ongoing requirements that EIS must satisfy in order to receive favourable tax treatment
Gross assets of not more than 15m before investment and no more than 16m after
Be permanent establishment in uk
Be unlisted when EIS shares are issued
Fewer then 250 full time employees
Raised no more than 5m under the EIS
Carry on a qualifying trade
Explain who is responsible for reporting and payment of IHT and when this must be done
Personal representatives must make an IHT return to HMRC within 12 months
Personal representatives responsible for paying the tax on the estate
IHT must be paid by end of the 6th month
State conditions which must be met to qualify for a furnished holiday let
Available to let for 210 days a year in tax year
On a commercial basis to public
Let for 105 days a year
Up to 31 days at a time
Explain the options you have to delegate powers with reference to the Trustee Delegation Act 1999 and Trustee Act 2000
Trusteee can delegate all their powers to an attorney by power of attorney under the trustee delegation act 1999
The delegation can be for a period of not more than one year
Under trustee act 2000, can delegate powers to an agent with exception of distribution of trust assets, how fees are dealt with, appointment of new trustees or delegation of trustee powers
Provided a duty of care has been exercised when appointing an agent, the trustee is not liable for loss
Describe in detail the duties of the trustees with regards to the investment of monies in the trust
If any cash comes into the trust the trustees have a duty to invest it wisely and appropriately
Under the Trustee Act 2000 trustees can make the same type of investment as if they owned the property outright
Trustees must make sure that they invest trust money properly and monitor the investments regularly
The trustees are in breach of their duties
In exercising their investment powers trustees must take account of the standard investment criteria
Suitability of the investment
Need for the diversification
Obtain proper advice
Chargeable life time transfer does not reduce NRB when?
When calculating tax on the estate of transfer was more than seven years ago
Explain who is responsible for the reporting and payment of IHT and when this must be done to avoid any penalties.
The personal representatives estate must make an IHT return to HM
Revenue & Customs
within 12 months of death.
The personal representatives are responsible for paying the tax on the estate.
IHT must be paid by the end of the 6th month after Aled died.
The personal representatives will be liable to pay the tax on the PET if not paid
When to register trust that are not taxable with trustee registration service
On/before 6 oct 2020 - on or before 1 sep 2022
After 6 oct 2020 - register within 90 days being registered
When to register taxable trusts for trustee registration service
On/after 6 April 2021 - within 90 days
Before 6 April 2021 - on or before 5 October
State the factors the trustees should consider when investing the cash held within a trust.
• Trust provisions/rules.
• Tax position of the trust/beneficiaries.
• Timescales/age of beneficiaries.
• Income/capital requirements.
• Attitude to risk (ATR).
• Trustee Act 2000/standard investment criteria/diversification.
• Ethical preferences.
• Economic/market conditions.
Describe how exit charge calculate if capital distributions made within first ten years of being created
An exit charge will be payable on any distributions after 2 years of the date
death.
The effective rate of tax is calculated first on the basis of 30% of the lifetime rate/20% charged on a hypothetical transfer on the date of death l
• The exit charge is the amount of the distribution multiplied by the effective rate Reduced by number of quarters since trust was created
Tax advantages using a FHL compared to buy to let
• Profits count as UK relevant earnings when making pension contributions.
• CGT rollover relief/holdover relief may be available.
• Business asset disposal relief may be available on disposal.
• IHT Business Relief (BR) may be available after 2 years if ‘additional services’ are provided.
• Full mortgage interest relief available for FHL
• compared to buy to let (BTL) which is limited to a basic rate deduction.
Averaging election FHL
If you let more than one property as a FHL, and they don’t meet the letting condition you can average it out over the properties
Implications of divorce on a will
Will remains valid
Ex partner treated as if they died on date marriage legally ended
They can’t benefit from the Will
Unless clause that states they can
Estate distributed with rules of intestacy
Ex can’t be a executor
Options for a Child trust fund if they don’t take control at age 18
CTF provide must place in a protected account
With tax advantages status
Can be matured CTF or ISA
Offered by the original CTF provider
No new subscriptions accepted
Explain options if a child takes control of child trust fund at age 18
Can en cash the account
Transfer account to ISA
Transfer amount disregarded for ISA subscription limit
Consequences of losing mental capacity with no LPA
• It would not be possible to set up new LPAs for Arnold once he has lost mental capacity.
• There would be no one who had legal rights to make decisions about his financial affairs or health and welfare.
• If Tom/Betty wished to make decisions about Arnold’s financial affairs or health and welfare they would have to apply to the Court of Protection (COP) for the power to make decisions.
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The COP will grant a financial affairs deputyship
Benefits of setting up LPA
Will be valid / can’t be challenged
Can specify who they want as attorney
Can state any instructions to be placed on attorneys
Attorneys have legal right to make decisions
Attorneys only have right to make decisions after they loose mental capacity
How a claim for special taxation treatment is made for vulnerable beneficiary trust
Complete a VPE1 form
Send to HMRC
All affected must sign
Rules for CGT deferral to SEIS
Reinvestment must take place in same year the gain arises
Relief can be carried back to the year of gain
50% CGT exemption on gains that are reinvested in SEIS
Relief restricted to 100,000 of gains re invested in each tax year
Explain responsibilities representatives have for reporting and payment of IHT on estate
Calculate net value of estate
Report to HMRC
By completing IHT400
Within 12 months of death
Any tax paid by end of 6th month after death
Explain the impact of death on tax treatment of their ISA
le ISA will become a continuing ISA
til it is closed by the executorsr
Or the administration of the estate is completed
otherwise the ISA provider will close the account 3 years and 1 day after died.
The account will retain its tax advantages
lthough the value will still be included in estate for IHT purposes.
How to use a power of attorney to delegate powers whilst abroad
He could appoint an attorney under a General Power of Attorney
in accordance with S25 Trustee Act 1925
to delegate some or all of his trustee functions for a maximum of 1 year.
Notice must be served within 7 days of its execution
to the appointor/other trustees
with details of the reason for the delegation.
Implications on trustee if become non resident
Can continue to act as a trustee unless remain outside UK for longer than 12 months
In which case other trustees could remove and replace as trustee
Under s36 trustee act 1925
Process followed by a bond provider when reporting a chargeable gain
Chargeable event date is day of surrender
Bond provider send details of any gain they calculate and informs
Bond provider informs HMRC
How are chargeable bond gains reported and process to calculate any tax due
Reports gain via self assessing
Is taxable in tax year it occurs
Tax paid by 31 January in the following tax year
State when a loss following a disposal needs to be reported to HMRC
Disposal proceeds are more than 4x the annual exempt amount
The tax payer wishes to set the loss off against chargeable gains
Five advantages and disadvantage of a discounted gift trust
Advantages
Ability to make immediate gift for IHT purposes
Retain a regular payment stream / could take withdrawals up to 5%
Without the GWR/POAT rules applying
Investment growth outside estate
Entire gift outside of estate after 7 years
Disadvantages
Loss of access to capital
Inflexibility with payments
Fund could be exhausted before dead
Withdrawals become chargeable after 20 years if in bond
Periodic/exit charges could apply
Explain how loan trust will be dealt with following death
Outstanding loan would form part of the estate
Trustees of estate must pay back the outstanding loan
The growth outside the estate can be distributed / can continue
Conditions for MIP to be classed as qualifying policy
Term must be 10 years or more
Premiums must be paid yearly or more frequently
Premiums paid in any 12 months period must not exceed twice the premiums in any other period
Sun assured must not be less than 75% of premiums payable during the policy term
Gain realised on enchantment would be tax free
Explain how state pension entitlement will be calculated
Entitlement is based on national insurance record
Max is 35 years
Subject to a minimum of 10 qualifying years
Be based on a starting amount