Woman Jailed For Under Declaration Of Inheritance Tax

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will not hesitate to bring criminal proceedings when tax evasion is significant, as the recent jailing of a woman who under-declared the Inheritance Tax (IHT) due on her mother’s estate proves.

The executor declared that the value of her late mother’s taxable estate to be approximately £285,000, well under the IHT threshold which is currently set at £325,000. The executor had, however, received substantial cash gifts within the seven years prior to her mother’s death, which should have been included on the IHT returns. The correct value of the taxable estate for IHT purposes exceeded £1.5 million, meaning that the IHT liability on the estate was approximately £500,000.

Pleading guilty to cheating the Exchequer, she was ordered to be jailed for 32 months.

There are a number of ways such evasion can be detected by HMRC.  For example, they operate a tax evasion hotline, they can cross-check values of properties sold against the relevant IHT returns, they can use information gleaned from one tax enquiry to start another and they are sometimes able to ascertain that the way a person lives is not commensurate their disclosed financial means.

Please contact us for expert and professional advice to ensure that you fully meet your responsibilities as an executor.

Holiday Pay Tribunal Decision Appeal

British Gas has lodged an appeal against the recent employment tribunal decision in Lock and others v British Gas Trading Ltd and another ET/1900503/12 which found that commission and similar payments should be included in holiday pay.

If you have any concerns about this or other Employment Law issues please call Adams Harrison on 01799 523441 or send us a message using our contact form.

Increased Financial Penalty For Minimum Wage Violation

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 has increased the financial penalty for failure to comply with minimum wage amounts.

If you have any concerns about this or other Employment Law issues please call Adams Harrison on 01799 523441 or send us a message using our contact form.

30th Sawston Fun Run

Adams Harrison Team in 30th Sawston Fun Run

Sue Lawton, Lisa Thornhill, Rebecca Dedman, Tom Harrison, Joe Twelftree, Gillian Gilligan, Simon Gilligan, Emily Twelftree, Wiki Jaworska and Gillian’s dog Crumble at the front.

 

Crumble The Adams Harrison Mascot 2

Crumble The Adams Harrison Mascot

Yesterday a team from Adams Harrison took part in the 30th  Sawston Fun Run, which is the largest annual community-led event and one that Adams Harrison have sponsored since they took over Webb & Partners in 2008. 

The Fun Run was well attended and our team collected a good sum of money on the run round in our bucket, and handed out our flags to the young children along the way. 

This year the money raised by the event will be going to the Tom’s Trust, which was set up in 2011 as a legacy to Tom Whiteley who died aged 9 of a brain tumour.  The charity was set up to raise funds for caring for children with brain tumours and their families.   Plus a further  eighteen other local charities and good causes will benefit from the money raised.

 

Keys To The Door

Katie Powell Trainee Legal Secretary at Adams HarrisonCongratulations to our trainee legal secretary Katie Powell at our Sawston office who was 21 recently.

The Partners were pleased to present her with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and the other members of the Sawston office had a collection and gave her some lovely presents too.

Clementine Harrison Achieves Police Station Accreditation.

Congratulations to Clementine Harrison who has successfully completed and passed the police station accreditation process to represent clients at the police station.

In doing so she demonstrated her knowledge and experience by submitting a portfolio of cases.  Also she passed a Critical Incident Test – an oral exam responding to various hypothetical police station scenarios under timed conditions.

Well done Clementine.

Adams Harrison sponsor the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) Essex Colour Dash

Adams Harrison is one of the proud sponsors for the first ever EACH Colour Dash to take place in Essex on the 6th September 2015.

The Colour Dash is taking place within the Audley End Estate, where you can run or walk your way around the 5km route whilst getting covered in coloured powder paint.

Registrations are now open for this fantastic event, click on the following link to register now!

https://www.each.org.uk/event-registration?event=essex-colour-dash&date=essex-colour-dash

Adams Harrison Sponsor EACH Colour Dash In September 2015

Adams Harrison Sponsor EACH Colour Dash In September 2015

Trainee Lawyer Of The Year Award

Many congratulations to Leanne Mayes legal executive at Adams Harrison’s Saffron Walden office in the Wills and Probate team who was shortlisted and has now won the Cambridgeshire and District Law Society Trainee Lawyer of the Year Award .  

Well done Leanne!

Leanne Mayes Adams Harrison Trainee Lawyer Of The Year

Leanne Mayes Cambridgeshire and District Law Society Trainee Lawyer Of The Year 2015

 

New Member Of The Conveyancing Team

Richard Tallon Adams Harrison Solicitors

Richard Tallon Solicitor in the Adams Harrison Saffron Walden Conveyancing Team.

We would like to say a slightly belated “hello” to the newest member of the Adams Harrison conveyancing team, Richard Tallon

Richard has enjoyed a varied career since his qualification as a solicitor in 1979 but since 2000 has specialised in residential property work.

He became a permanent member of the Saffron Walden conveyancing team at Christmas 2014.

Clients value his accessibility and appreciate his common-sense approach to the stresses and strains of the house moving process.

British Heart Foundation WEAR IT. BEAT IT Certificate

Following the success of our WEAR IT. BEAT IT. Charity day for The British Heart Foundation on the 6th February we were pleased to receive a certificate from them this week thanking us for our support and raising £55.10. Well done to Becky Monk for organising it.

Wear It Beat It Certificate for Adams Harrison

Wear It Beat It Certificate for Adams Harrison