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UK PENSION reform brings challenge and change to the ways in which we save for our retirement. John Westwood, Managing Director of Blacktower Financial Management (International) Ltd, explains what the

A COMPLICATION for registering your tourism activities lies in the regulations surrounding licensing. These are essentially identical to the requirements for any tourist hotel complex.  Licensing begins with technical plans, as

MANY READERS will just be starting to hear the term REITs and will want to know what they are. Expatriates needing to finance long retirement years in the sun will

AT FIRST glance, licensing may appear to be just one more imposition of bureaucracy. However, regulations exist because of the negative consequences of past abuse. Put more simply, people can

Background – raids on rentals THIS IS the first in a seven part series on licensing requirements for holiday lets. 1) Background – raids on rentals 2) Tourist lodgings –

By PEDRO SIMÕES GENERALLY ALL health activities are IVA (VAT) exempt. However, there are a few forms of treatment that are not recognised in Portugal, such as chiropractic, homeopathy, aromatherapy,

THE UK Chancellor has imposed a devastating stealth tax on trusts commonly used to mitigate inheritance tax (IHT) and pass wealth down through the generations. Couples using two specific types

DIVERSIFICATION IS an important factor in your investment portfolio, which should normally contain a cross-section of cash, bonds, property and equities to ensure the best returns possible with the lowest

How can the investor benefit from their efforts? By BILL BLEVINS THE WORLD Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have announced that they are setting up a task force

AT THE time of writing, the US Dollar (USD) is looking less like the flavour of the month and more like yesterday’s leftovers. International investors have maintained the strength of