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2006 Press Mentions

Blick Rothenberg partners frequently appear in the national press, as well as TV and radio. Our partners comment on issues of the day, relating to tax and financial matters, both business and personal.



December 2006

  • The Daily Telegraph (09/12/06)
    Treasury stamps on wealthy homebuyers
    Homebuyers that have been avoiding stamp duty were stopped by the Pre-Budget Report. Angela Beech says that due to the vague language used within the stamp duty rules on properties over £500,000, these rules were waiting to be abused.



September 2006

  • The Financial Times (17/09/06)
    Sisters fighting civil partnership 'discrimination'
    David Rothenberg predicts that many more tax-driven civil partnerships will occur.

  • The Business (10/09/06)
    Graduation pay
    According to Matt Coward, buying a property for your child at University could prevent student and family debt, and potentially make a long term profit.

  • The Daily Telegraph (07/09/06)
    Complexity speaks volumes for tax handbook
    Bob Rothenberg suggests that the 'so-called simplification of the tax rules has made them substantially more complicated' explaining why the number of pages in The Finance Act has doubled over the past 10 years.

  • The Times (02/09/06)
    Parents must be schooled in saving
    David Rothenberg gives advice on how people can manage the increasing fees of private education by saving for their grandchildren through the "regular gifts from income" exemption.



August 2006

  • The Independent (08/08/06)
    Chancellor orders pay-offs crackdown
    Matt Coward comments on the practice of 'golden handshake' payments for departing staff and warns that HMRC have become more zealous about getting to grips with unpaid tax.



June 2006

  • The Independent (17/06/06)
    World Cup partygoers could face painful tax penalties
    Blick Rothenberg warns that employees could have to pay tax on the value of food and drink provided by their bosses at World Cup parties.

  • The Daily Express (16/06/06)
    Taxman grabs windfall
    Bob Rothenberg provides comment on capital gains tax on recent sale.

  • The Daily Telegraph (15/06/06)
    Another brolly good day at the Margaret sale
    Bob Rothenberg provides comment on sale at Christies, London.



May 2006

  • Yorkshire Post (08/05/06)
    Authorities try to calm tax worries
    David Rothenberg comments on misleading comments from the Government on life insurance policies.

  • The Daily Telegraph (Your Money) (06/05/06)
    Taxman eyes windfall of £1.5bn after verdict on offshore accounts
    David Rothenberg comments on landmark ruling.

  • The Daily Telegraph (Business) (04/05/06)
    Barclays' offshore clients face £1.5bn bill
    David Rothenberg comments on landmark ruling.



April 2006

  • Yorkshire Post (Main) (08/04/06)
    Authorities try to calm tax worries
    David Rothenberg comments on misleading advice provided by the Government.

  • Dundee Courier (08/04/06)
    Change of will may be forced on millions



March 2006

  • The Times (Main) (29/03/06)
    Homeowners on alert after trust laws are rewritten
    David Rothenberg urges an urgent review of wills.

  • Express on Sunday (Financial) (26/03/06)
    Child tax credit at risk of new chaos
    Matt Coward provides comment.

  • The Independent (Save & Spend) (25/03/06)
    Five Budget giveaways that you can't afford to go without
    Leo Joyce urges anyone who has set up a trust to take urgent professional advice.

  • The Daily Telegraph (Your Money) (25/03/06)
    Budget 2006 What's in it for you
    Bob Rothenberg examines the small print of the Budget.

  • Investors Chronicle (Main) (24/03/06)
    CGT loophole closed
    Leo Joyce comments on the rule change.

  • Scotsman (Special Report) (23/03/06)
    Inheritance tax limit at odds with a boom
    Raised threshold cannot keep pace with massive increases in the value of property.

  • Birmingham Post (Business) (23/03/06)
    New threshold makes dying less costly
    David Rothenberg advises urgent review of all those with trusts set up.

  • The Daily Telegraph (23/03/06)
    Brown's jack-in-the-box falls flat
    David Rothenberg advises urgent review of all those with trusts set up and comments on the other measures imposed by Brown.

  • Daily Express (23/03/06)
    Fury over £30m inheritance tax attack on trusts
    David Rothenberg advises urgent review of all those with trusts set up.

  • Aberdeen Press & Journal (20/03/06)
    Tax analysts expect 'no nasty shocks in Budget'
    David Rothenberg comments on Budget predictions.



February 2006

  • Accountancy Age (23/02/06)
    Money talks
    Darren Jordan explains the complexities of raising finance for growing businesses.

  • The Times (09/02/06)
    Small firms say loss of tax breaks will hit pensions
    David Rothenberg speaks on the new tax proposals that could hurt the pension funds of hundreds of thousands of small companies.

  • Financial Adviser (02/02/06)
    Owing me, owing you on UK tax law
    Matt Coward features in an article on the M&S v Halsey decision.


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