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Welcome to Transact’s Technical Centre. The content below has been created by our technical team to support your financial planning needs.
Tax Year End Reporting – Annual Allowance Charge and Scheme Pays
At Transact, we understand that exceeding the annual allowance for pension contributions can result in significant tax charges for clients. To alleviate this burden, Transact...
A Study in Gifting – Distributions from a relevant property trust
Income is distributed to a beneficiary with a 45% tax credit which is shown on form R185. The beneficiary can then reclaim the difference between...
Maximising Investment Bond Flexibility and the Advantages of Higher Segmentation
Investment bonds, whether onshore or offshore, offer investors valuable opportunities for tax planning and flexible withdrawals. One of the most important yet often overlooked decisions...
A Study in Gifting: Periodic Issues
Relevant property trusts are subject to inheritance tax (IHT) if the amount gifted, plus other chargeable lifetime transfers (CLT) made in the seven previous years...
A Study in Gifting: Loan Trusts
The changes announced in the autumn Budget to the tax treatment of pension death benefits from April 2027 means a number of people are going...
Pensions, IHT Headaches And The Potential For Gifting
The announcement in the Autumn Budget 2024 that from 6 April 2027, unused pension funds will form part of the deceased’s estate, has the potential...