If you have a family business and are concerned with
keeping control of your financial future our feature
on succession planning will be of particular interest.
We also focus on the bloodstock industry and consider
some of the possible reforms that may be announced in
the Budget on 7 December, 2005. Our final feature considers
some of the options that might be introduced in an effort
to maximise pension coverage in Ireland.
Fred
Kerr
Partner Private Wealth Services
Succession Planning and Business Retirement Relief
Succession planning can be the crowning achievement
of a productive career or the Achilles’ heel
undermining a lifetime of hard work. This article
provides a brief overview of the capital acquisitions
tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty implications
of transferring business property inter vivos and
under the terms of a Will. |More|
Is the Stud Farm Tax Exemption
an Illegal Form of State Aid? This article reviews the current
exemptions available to the bloodstock and stud farm
industry and considers some of the possibilities in
relation to the reforms expected to be announced in
Budget 2006. |More|
Pensions
– Back to the Future
As we await the report of the National Pension Review
(2006) to be fully disclosed, some of the fundamental
issues affecting the current status of pensions and
potential ways to tackle these issues are considered. |More|
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Deadline dates for your diary... 
• James Kavanagh, Senior Manager, Pensions,
Dublin
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