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12/02/2009
The SRA’s proposed changes to the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules have been submitted for judicial and ministerial approval with an expectation that they will operate from 1 March 2009.
A significant change contained in these amendments is the abolition of the concept of controlled trusts.
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Should a lay trustee whose co-trustee was the Executor and Trust Company of a solicitor’s firm be entitled to argue that he had a reasonable excuse for the late payment of capital gains tax (CGT) on a share sale because HMRC had not drawn the payment on account feature to his attention?
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