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Anguilla residence and tax

Beaches from the travel pages, and programmes that can make the island your home. Know what each one asks of you, and what the EU list means for your plans.

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UK property2 November 2026

Aquis Growth Market

For your company of modest size, London's smaller growth market can be the better fit, provided the administration is right.

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ATED on company-owned homes 2026/27

Your London flat sits in a company? Then HMRC charges you for the envelope every year, unless a relief applies. Here is how to keep that bill under control.

Banks in Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man

Your account on the islands sits outside both the UK and the EU, which is an advantage and a trap at once. Here is the sober overview, bank by bank, so you know who will take you.

Business and agricultural property relief

You built the business or the farm, and you want it to reach the next generation intact. Here is how the new cap works and what you can still pass on free of inheritance tax.

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Buying a UK company

You are buying a British business. Share deal or asset deal decides your transaction taxes, and in some sectors you need government clearance first.

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Choosing your UK visa

A handful of questions settles it: does your company exist yet, does it trade in the UK, are you going yourself, and do you want to stay for good? Answer them and you have nearly found your visa.

Company bank accounts on the islands

Your company wants an account in Jersey; the bank wants to know what it has to do with the island. Have a good answer ready, or look where it works.

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Construction Industry Scheme

Your firm builds in the UK, and the client keeps back part of every payment. Know the scheme and you plan your cash flow right; overlook it and a large slice of your invoice is held back at first.

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Converting a Ltd into a PLC

Your company keeps its history, contracts and accounts, and gains a new legal form. Prepare the capital, the audited balance sheet and the articles, and the step itself is surprisingly calm.

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Cost of living in the UK

Before you move, you want to know what your life in the UK will really cost. Here are rent, council tax and wages from official figures only, not hearsay.

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CRS reporting and the British islands

Your island account is visible to your tax office, and that is a good thing. Once you accept it, you can use the islands for what they really offer today.

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Dematerialisation of UK shares

The paper share certificate in your safe is on its way out. Here is what the move to digital registers means for your company and your shareholders.

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Deposit protection on the islands

Open an account on the islands and you change your safety net as well as your bank. Know how much of your money is protected, and where.

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Direct listing or IPO

You want your company on the London market, perhaps without a placing. It sounds like a shortcut; plan it and you will find it runs through the same checks.

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Director liability in a UK limited company

Limited liability does not mean no liability. If you run a UK limited company, know your duties, and your own assets stay your own.

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Driving in the UK with an EU licence

Good news first: with your EU licence you will not go back to driving school in England. What matters is where you passed your test and when you need to exchange it.

Dual citizenship with the UK

You can become British and keep the passport you were born with, if your home country agrees. Check its rules before you naturalise, not after.

E-invoicing in the UK

If your business is registered for VAT in the UK, e-invoicing is coming your way. The direction is set; start preparing now and the switch becomes routine.

E-money account or bank account

Your everyday account may look like a bank account and not be one. For payments that hardly matters; for your reserves it does. Know what happens to your money if the provider fails.

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Earned settlement proposals

Your path to settlement may get longer, or it may not. Here is what is only a proposal, what is decided and what it means for your plans today.

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EIS and SEIS investment schemes

Your young company needs investors, and the UK rewards them with tax relief. Here is what your company must meet, what investors get and where the line runs for those living abroad.

Employee share schemes in the UK

You want your team to share in your success without half the value vanishing as income tax. The UK has tax-advantaged routes for exactly that; here is which one fits.

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England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

One kingdom, four sets of everyday rules. Your choice of region decides your schools, your prescriptions and in part your tax, so it is about more than the weather.

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Entering the UK market

The UK is your first market outside the EU. The more you do there, the more of the UK ends up in your structure, so choose the right form for each stage.

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Leaving the UK2 November 2026

Europe's largest stock exchanges

Which is Europe's largest stock exchange? It depends on what you measure. Here is what the numbers mean for where your PLC belongs.

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From the UK to Malta or Ireland

Your next chapter is in Malta or Ireland. Get the UK half right first: departure, the five-year rule, your UK assets, inheritance tax and your own limited company.

FRS 102 changes to UK accounts

Your UK company's balance sheet is about to look different. Here is what the new FRS 102 rules mean for your leases, your revenue and your first accounts under them.

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Gifts and the seven-year rule

The flat for your daughter, a wedding present, the portfolio for the grandchildren: you want to give while you can see the joy. Here is how to do it without a tax bill landing later.

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Global Talent visa

Work, found a company, change jobs, settle: if you qualify, no UK visa gives you more freedom. Here is whether it is within your reach.

Graduate Trainee visa

Your graduate intake gets a year at your UK branch. Here is who qualifies and what the programme must look like.

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High Potential Individual visa

Your degree opens the door to the UK, no sponsor needed. It is a springboard, so know your next step before you land.

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HMRC enquiries and compliance checks

The letter from HMRC has arrived. Answer early and cleanly and the check stays small; here is what to expect and how to keep it that way.

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Immigration status and tax

Your visa says nothing about where you pay tax. The Home Office and HMRC ask different questions, and your home country asks its own; know all three answers.

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Indefinite Leave to Remain

You want to stay in the UK for good. Know what is already fixed and what is only proposed, and plan your road to settlement with confidence.

Innovator Founder visa

Your new business is your route to settlement in the UK, without an employer. The hard part is not the Home Office but the endorsement; here is how to get there.

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LEI and ISIN for your PLC

Your listing checklist will ask for two codes, LEI and ISIN. Get your company's core data right and they take an hour; that is usually where the catch lies.

Living in the British Virgin Islands

The BVI is famous for companies, not for welcoming newcomers. If you want to live here, your way in is a job, not a bank balance.

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London Stock Exchange Main Market

Your PLC on London's big board. The rules have become simpler; the demands on a well-run company have not.

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UK and US2 November 2026

Moving from the UK to the US

Your move to the US swaps a system that asks where you live for one that asks about presence, green cards and passports. Settle the UK side first, and the treaty can do its work.

Moving to Bermuda

Your life in the Atlantic: no income tax, a world insurance centre on the doorstep and a price tag to match. Know the residence route and the costs before you pack.

Moving to Gibraltar

Your tax capped, the Mediterranean on your doorstep. Know which regime fits you and how the new residency rules decide whether you may live there at all.

Moving to Guernsey

Your house is your right to live there: buy or rent the right home and Guernsey is open to you, with your tax capped and no wealth test. The pragmatic Channel Island.

Moving to Jersey

Jersey is choosy about who moves in. If your numbers work, High Value Residency opens the door, and Jersey does the maths with you.

Moving to the Cayman Islands

No income tax, no capital gains tax, no inheritance tax, and life under the palms. Know what residence costs you since the reform before you plan the move.

Moving to the Isle of Man

Low tax, its own parliament and the open sea all around. If you genuinely want to live there, the Isle of Man is often the most sensible of the three Crown Dependencies.

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UK property2 November 2026

National Insurance number and UTR

Two numbers, and your first UK year runs on them. Get your NINO and your UTR early and you face a lot less paper.

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Non-Resident Landlord Scheme 2026/27

You live abroad and let a flat in London or a house in Manchester. Here is how your rent can reach you without deduction, and what HMRC expects in return.

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Overseas workday relief

You work days or weeks outside the UK. In your first years here, that pay can stay free of UK tax. Here is what applies to you and what your employer has to do.

Pensions and investments in the UK

Your pension from home, your ETF savings plan, the company pension from your old job: once you are UK resident, HMRC looks at all of it. Know where the real trap lies before it bites.

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PISCES for private company shares

Your shareholders can trade without your company going public. Here is what your company must have in order for PISCES to work for you.

PLC minimum share capital

Your PLC starts with capital the law puts a floor under. Know the authorised minimum, how much must be paid in and when you can start trading.

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PLC or Ltd

Both are UK companies limited by shares, and the difference is not prestige. One question decides which suits your plans: may the company offer its shares to the public?

PLC shares for non-cash consideration

You want to pay for PLC shares with a business, a property or a patent. Plan the independent valuation first, and your contribution goes through without surprises.

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Posting staff to the UK

You are sending your people to the UK. Answer three questions separately, social security, tax and visa, then bring them together, and the posting runs smoothly.

R&D tax relief in the UK

Your research and development can pay you back through tax rather than grant applications. Here is which route fits your UK company.

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Renting in England

Your new home in England, rented on fairer terms. The rules have shifted clearly in tenants' favour; know them before you sign and you avoid the traps that remain.

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Returns from the UK after Brexit

Your customer sends the parcel back, and suddenly it clears customs twice. Whether you sell or buy, you can avoid or reclaim the charges.

Reverse takeovers and listed shells

You are looking for a listed shell because you want a faster listing. Whether there is one is decided in the registers of two companies; here is what London really asks of you.

Salary or dividend 2026/27

It is your company and your money. Salary, dividend, loan or pension: choose the right route out of your UK company and keep more of what you have earned.

Sark: the island with no income tax

Tractors instead of cars, unpaved lanes and no income tax. If you dream of living here, know how the island raises its money and what is set to change.

Scale-up Worker visa

Your job at a growing UK company, and plenty of freedom afterwards. Here is what you need to bring and what the company must prove.

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Schools in England

Your child's school place in England is decided earlier and differently than you might expect. Know how it works and you will look for your home differently.

UK property2 November 2026

Secondment Worker visa

Your people inside a UK company for a major contract. The hurdle is the contract value; here is whether your project clears it.

Selling UK property as a non-resident 2026/27

You are selling your UK property from abroad. Often only part of the gain is taxed, but the deadline is short and applies even if you made a loss. Here is how to get it right.

Senior or Specialist Worker visa

Your people move to the UK branch for a few years. This is the route for moving staff within your group, with salary floors and a maximum stay to keep an eye on.

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Separation and divorce with UK assets

Your marriage is ending, and the house, the portfolio and the pension have to be divided. Here is how to do it without handing an extra share to the taxman.

Service Supplier visa

You work on site for a UK client while home stays home. Here is when a trade agreement and a sponsoring client make that possible.

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Share exchange into a UK PLC

You want a holding company on top of your shareholdings without selling anything. The UK side is clear; whether it stays tax-neutral is decided where you live, so check before you swap.

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Skilled Worker visa

Your job in the UK, perhaps with your own company as sponsor. The bar is higher now; here is what you need, and what it takes to sponsor yourself.

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Split year treatment

You arrive in the autumn, but the UK would tax you from April. Split year treatment can rescue the months before your move, if one of the cases fits you.

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Tax for UK PLCs and their shareholders

Your PLC is less exotic for tax than its reputation suggests. Here is what the company pays, what reaches you as a shareholder abroad and the small UK levy on buying shares.

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Temporary Repatriation Facility

Your old money abroad, untouched by UK tax until now, can come home at a special rate. The exit is time-limited; here is whether you can use it and how.

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If you are new to the UK, the new system is often better for you than the old one; if you have lived here for years, it has become much more expensive. One number decides which group you are in: your years of residence.

The EU tax haven list and the British islands

You are drawn to an island and want no surprises back home. Here is which British islands are on the EU list, and why your home country's own rules apply either way.

The NHS and healthcare in the UK

Looking for your health insurer? In England there isn't one. Register with a GP and the NHS looks after you; know what still costs money and what you pay up front on a visa.

The other British Overseas Territories

Montserrat, the Falklands, St Helena, Pitcairn: small communities at the end of the world. If one of them calls you, your way in is work, family or patience, not a tax programme.

The PSC register at Companies House

Your name stands behind your UK company, in a public register anyone can search. If you live abroad, here is what that asks of you and how to keep it right.

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The UK prospectus regime

Your prospectus is only as good as the company it describes. The new regime changes the rules, not that truth. Here is which document your PLC needs, and when.

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Transfer pricing in the UK

Your group may qualify for a generous exemption in the UK. Know it and you save work; misjudge it and you only see the bill in an enquiry.

Turks and Caicos residence and tax

Your home on Providenciales is within reach, and the blacklist hardly touches daily life there. If you do business with the islands from Europe, it can change a great deal.

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UK branch or subsidiary 2026

Your first office, warehouse or salesperson in the UK can create a taxable presence. Here is when that happens, what it costs and when your own limited company is the better choice.

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UK Budget 2026

If you live, invest or trade in the UK, this Budget touches your money. See each measure with its status: already in force, enacted, or still to go through Parliament.

UK customs after Brexit

Your goods cross the border every day, and the paperwork does not have to hold them up. With the right number, code and origin, customs becomes routine.

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UK Expansion Worker visa

Your company is coming to the UK before its first sale there. The route is short and tightly regulated; know that up front and you can plan it properly.

UK family and dependant visas

Your partner and children come too. As dependants on your visa or on the family visa: know the route that fits your family before you apply.

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UK FIG regime for new residents 2026

You are moving to the UK and your foreign income keeps flowing. For your first four years you can keep it out of UK tax, if you qualify and claim it. Here is how.

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UK inheritance tax allowances and rates 2026

You want your loved ones to keep what you leave them. UK inheritance tax taxes the estate, not the heir, and that explains who pays, when, and why your tax office at home may take a second look.

UK payroll, PAYE and RTI

Your UK employee gets paid, and HMRC gets its report on payday. Set your payroll up cleanly once and you have peace afterwards.

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UK property through a company

For your own home a company is almost always the dearest option; for a let portfolio, a warehouse or an office it can be the right one. Here is how to tell.

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UK sponsor licence

Your UK company wants to hire on a visa. The licence is quick to get and quick to lose, so plan staffing, bookkeeping and payroll alongside it.

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Double taxation2 November 2026

UK tax changes for private clients 2026

Budgets, a Finance Act and a new bill: keeping track is hard when your life and assets are in the UK. See what already applies to you, what is only announced and what to sort out before the next key date.

UK tax treaties explained

Move between the UK and another country and two tax offices take an interest in your life. A treaty tells each one where to stop, so you pay once.

UK trusts and nominees

You want to hold your wealth together and guide it across generations. Here is what a UK trust still costs and protects today, and why a nominee director no longer makes anyone invisible.

UK and US2 November 2026

US citizens in the UK

You hold a US passport or a green card and live in the UK, so you will normally file in both countries. Understand the treaty's saving clause before you invest in ISAs, funds or pensions.

VAT on services to the UK

Your UK customer usually accounts for the VAT, but not always. Know the exceptions before HMRC writes, and get ready for the convenient rule to narrow.

VAT on UK trade after Brexit

Your UK sales go wrong on the invoice, not at the border. Know when you owe British VAT, when your customer does and when you must register.

What changes in the UK in 2027

Your year ahead in one place: the new tax year, visa deadlines, Companies House and the stock market. Not everything is law yet, so each item carries its status.

Who can be a PLC company secretary

Your PLC needs a memory: registers, resolutions, deadlines, filings. Here is who may hold the post of company secretary and what the job really involves.

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Why Britain left the EU

You want to understand the country you are moving to or trading with. Here is the Brexit story in the order it happened, with the motives that still shape Britain today.

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Working from home tax relief

You work from home and want the costs recognised. Employees have lost their deduction; here is what still works for you, employed or self-employed.

Your account in the Cayman Islands

You know the name; now know the terms. Before your money goes to Grand Cayman, see what the banks ask of non-residents and why your balance has no safety net there.

Your bank account in Bermuda

Bermuda is expensive, solid and small. If you want your account there without living on the island, you have one realistic address, so read its fee schedule before you apply.

Your bank account in Gibraltar

The Rock gives your deposits one of the strongest safety nets around, but few of its banks open the door if you live elsewhere. Here is which ones will.

Your bank account in Guernsey

Guernsey is not Jersey, and its banks are not Jersey's. If you want your account here, know which banks take clients from off the island and what they expect of you.

Your bank account in Jersey

Jersey is home to the best-known expat accounts. Several doors are open to you, but not every door for every country. Here is which bank takes whom.

Your bank account in the BVI

Your BVI company may well bank somewhere else. Here is what the local banks offer today, and when an account in the islands really makes sense for you.

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Your bank account on the Isle of Man

The Isle of Man goes its own way in banking: high entry points for international accounts, but the only Crown Dependency whose deposit scheme also protects your company or trust.

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Buying a house in England 2026

A cottage in Cornwall, a flat in London, a terraced house up north: you can buy anywhere. Know the process and the stamp duty before you make your offer.

Companies and formation3 March 2025

Companies House identity verification

You are a director or shareholder of a UK company and live abroad? Then Companies House wants to know who you are. Get your personal code and keep your company in good standing.

Companies and formation3 March 2025

UK annual accounts and audit

Companies House accepts no excuses from abroad for late accounts. Understand the rules, and your company's accounts take little effort.

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Moving to the UK25 October 2024

Moving to the UK with a dog or cat

Your four-legged family member comes too. Follow the rules in the right order and your dog or cat travels with you, without quarantine and without drama.

Moving to the UK25 October 2024

Moving to the UK with children

Moving as a family is more than moving one person several times over. Visas, school places and family support all hang on your immigration status, so get the order right and everyone arrives well.

Visas and settlement25 October 2024

UK visa costs

Your UK move has a price tag, and most of it is due before you arrive. Here are the official amounts, from your first visa to a British passport, so you can budget with confidence.

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Leaving the UK24 October 2024

Becoming non-resident in the UK

Packing is the easy part. Hand back your UK tax status cleanly and the UK lets you go: count your days, tell HMRC, sort your assets and know what awaits you if you come back too soon.

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Living in the south of England

Chalk cliffs, cathedrals and Cornwall: from Kent to the far west, the south offers half a dozen ways of living. Find yours, and the price that comes with it.

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Moving to London

London is almost a country of its own. Know that, and you plan your salary, your rent and your borough with a straighter face.

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Requirements for moving to the UK

Britain is open to you, just no longer without paperwork. Know the order of steps and you save yourself expensive detours.

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Retiring to the UK

Growing old in Devon, Edinburgh or on the Norfolk coast is still possible. Find the route that works for you, and your retirement in Britain becomes a plan.