Lucy Brennan

Lucy Brennan

Partner, Saffery Champness

Articles

Child benefit returns deadline looms
Solicitors Journal

Child benefit returns deadline looms

This is the first year in which the government will reclaim 100 per cent of child benefit from anyone earning more than £60,000
23 Jan 2015
Tailoring approval
Solicitors Journal

Tailoring approval

Lucy Brennan unravels the chancellor's autumn statement and suggests that with dwindling public finances, private clients won't find any respite for a long while yet
22 Jan 2015
Election 2015: talking taxes
Solicitors Journal

Election 2015: talking taxes

Keep a close on eye on the major parties stance towards tax in their upcoming manifestos, as tax has never been a more heated political...
18 Nov 2014
Accelerated tax payments are here
Solicitors Journal

Accelerated tax payments are here

Will HMRC's latest move further deter individuals from using schemes and aggressive tax planning in the future, asks Lucy Brennan
4 Aug 2014
Revenue increases recovery of inheritance tax to £3.4bn
Solicitors Journal

Revenue increases recovery of inheritance tax to £3.4bn

Freeze on IHT threshold continues to fuel the rise in total revenue for HMRC
4 Aug 2014
Law Society labels HMRC's debt recovery plans 'regressive and draconian'
Solicitors Journal

Law Society labels HMRC's debt recovery plans 'regressive and draconian'

Mistakes will 'inevitably' occur in a system where the state has a 'preferential position' and no judicial supervision
31 Jul 2014
Trustees: assume nothing and monitor developments
Solicitors Journal

Trustees: assume nothing and monitor developments

New regulation has an impact on trusts from both the US and the EU, says Lucy Brennan
20 May 2014
Immediate tax priorities
Solicitors Journal

Immediate tax priorities

Make the most of available tax reliefs and gain significant savings but act before 5 April, says Lucy Brennan
31 Mar 2014
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