Tax update from the UK
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com THE CHARTERED Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed UK draft legislation exempting individuals from a benefit in kind charge on their own
Beat inflation with a TEP
By: STEVE RODGERS Blacktower Group financial@portugalresident.com DESPITE THE recent series of increases to interest rates in both UK and Europe, the net rate of interest available to most savers is
Your guide to the stock market
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com MOST READERS will be familiar with the names of the more well-known stock exchange indices but you may not know what they
UK interest rates rise again…
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks blevins@portugalresident.com NOT TOO long ago a hot topic at UK dinner parties was property prices. Today it is interest rates and there is
Holiday lets and rental income – part two
By: DENNIS SWING GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO eurofinesco@portugalresident.com SINCE NON-RESIDENTS are not eligible for the Simplified Regime, how do you best declare your rental income? The simplest way
Double taxation and international fiscal law
By: PEDRO SIMÕES financial@portugalresident.com A SIMPLE definition of double taxation is tax which has been charged twice instead of once. It can occur in the same country but it is
Holiday lets and rental income – part one
By: DENNIS SWING GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO eurofinesco@portugalresident.com PORTUGUESE PROPERTY is an attractive investment because it can bring income as well as capital growth, making it potentially both
Sensible money
By: RAOUL RUIZ MARTINEZ financial@portugalresident.com Investment Advisor Finesco financial Services, Ltd WITH THE increase of the Bank of England base rate to 5.75 per cent, there is now a genuine
Flushing out tax dodgers
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks blevins@portugalresident.com BRITAIN’S SO-CALLED tax ‘amnesty’ flushed out around 60,000 registrations by offshore account tax dodgers, who decided to own up and face a
Alternatives to holiday let licensing – Part four
By: DENNIS SWING GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO eurofinesco@portugalresident.com This is the final article in a four part series examining different alternatives to Holiday Let Licensing: 1) Keeping your