Tax Advice and Compliance

Tax can be one of the most complex and confusing areas to navigate with constant rule changes making this even more difficult.

Our tax experts provide clear and effective advice, helping you to pay the correct amount and ensuring that all tax exemptions and reliefs are fully utilised. Our tax lawyers and practitioners can provide you with advice on a broad range of specialist areas including income tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, stamp duty land tax and value added tax. Our clients often have several business interests and sources of income - we can help to arrange business interests optimally for tax purposes.

We also have one of the largest tax compliance teams in Scotland, offering a complete service which includes managing tax returns and yearly tax bills, as well as providing wide-ranging advice covering employment tax, business tax, property tax and international tax issues relating to residence and domicile.

We can offer expert advice to senior executives on tax-efficient remuneration and on issues which can have a bearing on tax payments such as share schemes, company cars and termination payments.

We also have particular expertise in advising landowners on the best ways to structure property transactions for tax purposes, for example, when selling land directly or in partnership with a developer. 

Podcast

In light of the FSA’s recent announcement on a crackdown on the marketing of tax efficient investment products, Alexander Garden and Haig Bathgate discuss these tax-advantaged schemes in the podcast below.

To view the podcast please click on the player below.