Private Client newsletter - Winter 2004/05

January 2005
This quarterly newsletter provides news and our expert views on relevant tax and investment issues for private individuals.

In this issue we look at the Chancellor's pre-Budget report and the impact of the changes for private clients, and how a recent decision by the European Court of Justice could influence UK tax legislation. We also investigate hedge funds and report on the findings from our readers' survey in the Autumn edition.

Contents:

• The half year squeeze - pre-Budget report 2004
  
• A Finnish tale
  
• Hedge funds 2004 - Captain, I think the boat is sinking
  
• Can I get the VAT back?
  
• W(h)ither inheritance tax
  
• As safe as houses?
  
• Roll, hold or defer? The capital gains tax conundrum
  
• Dreaming of foreign shores?
  
• Speaker's corner