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Do you receive rental income on a jointly owned property?
If so, it is worth considering the income tax implications of this if you have not done so already.
We routinely prepare Declarations of Trust for joint owners of property who are in receipt of a rental income, but who split this income in different proportions between themselves.
We occasionally need to advise clients in relation to their joint accounts. Usually, we find there are two scenarios:
Marriages break down for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes, this is due to infidelity. You may find yourself in a position where your spouse is cohabiting with someone else, or you have met someone new and want to cohabit. If you are in this position, you need to consider how cohabiting can impact your financial settlement on divorce.
Neves Solicitors are expanding the specialist Private Client team with the appointment of Associate, Josie Birnie, who will be based at the Harpenden office.
Josie qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and specialises in Private Client matters. Since qualifying, she has acquired a wealth of experience in areas such as Wills, Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration, Powers of Attorney and Trusts.
In previous years, many scams have involved debit and credit cards being used to commit fraud but scammers are increasingly focusing their activity on authorised push payment fraud, also known as payment diversion fraud.
Criminals are actively targeting property purchases, with the aim of tricking you into transferring them your house deposit and/or the balance of purchase monies to them.
