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Wolf Determination
Today I got to see Novak Djokovic win Wimbledon for the 6th time. This means that Novak, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal all have won 20 grand slams each. Clearly, they are jointly among the greatest tennis players of all time, and it is a privilege to watch them. In his...
Be Positive And Focused!
Your thoughts are always looking for something to focus on. They jump from one thing to another -a past experience, memory, news, or a programme you watched. We are constantly bombarded with messages, and it is important to filter out what you want to focus on. If you...
Jack Swallow (Founder of leadthedisruption.co.uk)
Jack’s Personal Journey The biggest challenge was always having the confidence. Having never been particularly bright at school, and being more interested in sports, and then working in a call centre, it took a long time to build up my confidence. Even just to...
Neil’s Top Tips-Muscles!
One of my key catchphrases I use to help my Advanced Tax students remember is ‘If you don’t use it, you lose it like your muscles!’ When giving your clients tax advice, it is important they do not waste their exemptions.When self-employed individuals claim loss...
Dealing With Our Moods
When we look at the world, we see things from our own perspective, Our vision is heavily influenced by our mood. People in love see the world through rose-tinted glasses and float on a cloud of joy. Those of us mourning the death of a loved one, only see pain and a...
Shares For Individuals
Shares have featured regularly in the Advanced Tax exam and the examiners have said that students regularly struggle with this.Under exam conditions, the different operative events such as a rights or bonus issue, reorganisation or takeover can seem overwhelming.As...
G7 Global Tax Accord
The UK has been playing host to some of the wealthiest nations in the world during the G7 Summit including the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. However, two important exceptions are China and Russia. Rishi Sunak planned on using the Summit to lay down...
Neil Top Tips
When studying tax, you might be finding it frustrating because you seem to be forgetting what you read. This is natural and normally after an hour, you only retain 44% of the information. This is referred to as the Ebbinghaus Effect and happens because your brain...
Neil Top Tips
A tricky area in the tax syllabus is liquidations. The easiest way to think of this is that up to the date of liquidation the company as a legal entity still exists. This means that a distribution to shareholders before liquidation is treated an income distribution so...
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