Skandia has said its discounted fund panel Select will not be affected by the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) final rules on platforms, despite a ban on subsidies.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is expected to extend its tax on rebates to some discount brokers, even on funds held inside an ISA.
A spate of professional negligence claims have been lodged against the promoters of tax avoidance schemes - including advisers - following a clampdown by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), according to Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), the City law firm.
HM Revenue & Customs's (HMRC's) decision to tax unit and cash rebates could violate UK case law on competition, according to a platform consultancy.
Platform giant Skandia has opened talks with fund groups on its Select list asking them to supply new preferentially-priced 'super clean' share classes as soon as possible as it responds to the recent tax change announced by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs...
Last week Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) confirmed the widely expected decision it will be taxing fund rebates paid to consumers, as it considers such payments to be income.
Advisers and clients could get "caught out" by the new tax treatment of payment of trail commission, according to James Hay Partnership.
The Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) is writing to the Treasury to ask for a one-year delay on the proposed rebate tax, after estimating the costs to the industry far outweigh the tax likely to be recouped.