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Over the Jubilee Bank Holiday, I was on my way to lecture on an Advanced Tax course and met Crystelle (Great British Bake-Off Finalist) and her Mum on their way to a garden party. They were shocked to hear I was lecturing on a bank holiday, but I explained to them...

Hi Everyone -hope your final revision is going well. The important thing is repetition and learning the mnemonics and memory joggers.In terms of the final few hours, I recommend you do the following and in true tax tradition, I have made up a mnemonic for you to use...

One area I expect will feature in tomorrow’s Advanced Tax exam is overseas aspects for individuals. You need to learn the automatic residency statutory tests Automatically non resident if in the UK for less than 16 days (leavers), less than 46 days (arrivers) or less...

Many days we can get discouraged by our lack of progress. Circumstances and events can seem be to conspiring against us and it feels easy to quit. The important thing is to keep going. Treat every day as a fresh start. Instead of looking at disappointments as a burden...

Today, we had our last Question Based Day Course before the Advanced Tax exam on Tuesday and worked through 6 questions (140 marks) covering key areas which are expected to feature in the exam. My students did extremely well despite the fact they were cream crackered...

One area I am expecting to come up in next week’s Advanced Tax and BPT exams is buyback of shares. The important aspect to appreciate here is the taxpayer does not have the option of making an election. If certain conditions are satisfied (unquoted trading company,...

With the Advanced Tax exam just a few days away, many students are desperately asking me for tips so I decided to share some areas I am expecting to feature in the exam. The best way to prepare for the exam is to learn my Condensed Notes and then practice exam...

With the Advanced Tax, Tax and BPT exams just a few days away, many students are in panic mode and desperately try and do so much that they end up going in circles. What you need to do is sit down and come up with a list of about 10 questions that cover all the taxes...

Many days we can get discouraged by our lack of progress. Circumstances and events can seem be to conspiring against us and it feels easy to quit. The important thing is to keep going. Treat every day as a fresh start. Instead of looking at disappointments as a burden...

Chelsea is one of the most inspirational students I have ever met. This young lady started suffering from arthritis and could barely move but as a personal trainer went on to complete marathons and other challenges.She was struggling with Advanced Tax, but I knew from...