FRIDAY 14th JUNE 2019

CONFERENCE SPEAKERSChair and speaker:

Alan Barr, BrodiesSpeakers:Deborah Clark, Mills & ReeveAlastair Kendrick, AK Employment Tax ServicesPete Miller, The Miller PartnershipAlun James, Temple Tax ChambersHeather Thompson, Brodies

CONFERENCE TOPICS• Structuring family investment companies for estate planning• Employment taxes – the recent changes• Current issues with transactions in securities• The widening Scottish tax landscape• Entrepreneurs’ relief: the new provisions and an update• Property and capital taxes update

4 Delegates for the

Price of 3

VENUE: Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club, near Edinburgh

The Scottish

for wealthy individuals and SMEs

Practical TaxPlanning Conference

Programme: Friday 14th June 20198.45 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

9.15 Chair’s opening address ALAN BARR

9.25 Structuring family investment companies for estate planning

• How FICs work for estate planning

• Funding issues • Share capital – how to structure

the share rights • How to manage control and

other drafting points • Asset protection

DEBORAH CLARK

10.25 COFFEE

10.45 Employment taxes – the recent changes

• IR35 – ‘off payroll’ working in the public sector and its proposed introduction into the private sector

• Employment status - other issues including agency workers, umbrella companies and some recent cases

• Termination payments – the new rules

• Salary sacrifice – practical issues for ‘grandfathered’ arrangements

ALASTAIR KENDRICK

11.45 Current issues with transactions in securities

• Overview of the rules • Transactions in securities and

MBOs • Reductions of capital • Counteraction cases • Interaction with winding up

TAAR • Current news about the

counteraction team

PETE MILLER

12.45 LUNCH

13.45 The widening Scottish tax landscape

An overview of the devolved tax system to include the following:

• Tax process • Income tax differentials • LBTT update • Penalties north and south of the

border • Scottish succession changes

ALAN BARR

14.45 COFFEE

15.00 Entrepreneurs’ relief: the new provisions and an update

• The recent changes – the final version

• Putting the new 5% test in context – alphabet shares, dilution and growth etc

• Other pitfalls and pointers under the new regime

• ER generally – an update

ALUN JAMES

Pre-book your question with one of the speakersOur conferences not only give you the chance to hear what some of the leading experts have to say, but also to put your own questions to them in advance. Our speakers are encouraged to allow time to take questions from delegates and answering interesting questions from practitioners can add to the overall experience for both speakers and delegates alike. If you have a specific question you would like to put to one of the speakers please email your question to info@longmark.co.uk at any point following your booking. We will then ensure that this is passed on to the relevant speaker who will deal with the question at the end of their session.

16.00 Property and capital taxes update

• IHT for business and property owners

• OTS IHT review • UK residential property: issues

for UK property owners • New non resident CGT charge

for (direct and indirect) UK property owners

• Non doms and UK residential property

HEATHER THOMPSON

17.00 Chair’s closing remarks and final questions

ALAN BARR

17.10 CONFERENCE CLOSE

What recent delegates have said about our conferences...“ The 2018 conference cements Longmark’s position as a must do event for tax specialists in Scotland’.” John Fowlie, Robertson Craig

“ A fantastic conference, goodmix of topics and first rate presenters - particular mention goes to Alan Barr for his superb presentation on Scottish taxes and his showmanship.” Gordon Buist, French Duncan

“ The definitive one day tax update for busy practitioners.” Donald Parbrook, Milne Craig

“ Really enjoyable day - something for everyone.” Margi Campbell, Saffery Champness

“ Very good range of topics and knowledgeable speakers. Thank you.” Mark McKeown, Turcan Connell

Meet the Speakers

Who are we?LONGMARK TAX CONFERENCES LTD.Registered Office: Grove House, Back Rowarth, Glossop, Derbyshire SK13 6EDTel: 0845 260 1057, Email: info@longmark.co.ukDirectors: Mark Fink BA ACA CTA, Mike Longman BA FCA CTA Co. Reg. No: 5601421

ALAN BARRAlan Barr is a partner and head of personal tax planning at Brodies LLP, Solicitors and also honorary fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Alan has a particular specialty in property taxes and has advised clients from the largest corporates to individuals for some thirty years. He is a regular speaker to professional audiences on such subjects. Alan has written and researched about a great many tax matters. He brings a broad depth of legal knowledge and experience to transactions and planning for a wide range of clients. He is recognised as a ranked individual in Chambers & Partners for both private client and tax, and was recently identified by Citywire Wealth Manager as one of ‘the top ten lawyers every wealth manager needs to know’.

DEBORAH CLARK Deborah Clark is a barrister and partner at law firm Mills & Reeve. Deborah specialises in estate planning for private clients, advising on all aspects of inheritance tax, capital gains tax, trusts, wills and LPAs. Deborah has a national reputation for her work on using family investment companies in estate planning and she is a regular speaker on the topic.

ALASTAIR KENDRICK Alastair is an employment tax specialist who is a former HM Inspector of Taxes. On leaving the Revenue in 1989 he worked for nearly 17 years in the big 4 (KPMG and EY) having national responsibility for employment tax matters. On leaving the big 4 in 2005 Alastair worked for a number of smaller practices and had partner responsibility for employment taxes. He is considered a leading specialist on status, IR35 and company car taxation. He is a frequent writer and commentator on tax matters. He also comments on tax in the media eg Newsnight and Moneybox. He wrote the chapter in Bloomsbury’s tax investigation manual on employer compliance issues.

PETE MILLER Pete formed The Miller Partnership in April 2011 to offer expert advice to other advisers on all business tax issues. Apart from the transactions in securities rules, specialist areas include reorganisations, reconstructions, HMRC clearances, disguised remuneration, the new Patent Box relief and taxation of intangible assets. Pete has worked in tax for over 25 years, starting as an Inspector of Taxes in 1988 and staying for nearly 10 years, working in Birmingham and London before posts in Policy Division and Technical Division. He then worked for 11 years in ‘Big 4’ firms. Pete speaks and writes regularly on tax issues and is a member of the editorial boards of Taxation, The Tax Journal and Simon’s Taxes and a consulting editor to TolleyGuidance. He is co-author of Taxation of Company Reorganisations (4th edition, Bloomsbury Professional, June 2012) and author of Tolley’s Tax Digests on Disguised Remuneration, the Substantial Shareholdings Exemption and Transactions in Securities.

ALUN JAMESAlun specialises in all aspects of commercial taxation, advising large corporates and SMEs across the UK on their transactional and tax planning issues. He advises extensively in relation to demergers, reconstructions, buy-outs and company sales, and has also seen a significant increase in private client work in recent years. He has been co-author of Bramwell on Taxation of Companies and Company Reconstructions for more years than is really good for him and is a regular feature at Longmark’s tax conferences which he loves for their unique combination of high quality specialist talks, high quality specialist audiences – and a good day out!

HEATHER THOMPSONHeather is a partner with Brodies LLP in Edinburgh. She advises on tax aspects of corporate and commercial property transactions, including structuring property joint ventures, vendor tax planning, LBTT and SDLT planning and employee trusts. She also has extensive experience of advising on and structuring/restructuring offshore trust and company structures and advising non domiciled individuals on tax issues. Heather is qualified in England and Scotland.

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