We can advise on the inheritance tax, capital gains tax and income tax implications of your proposed transaction. There are a vast number of rules as to when tax is payable, and an even greater number of exceptions to the rules. We can help you achieve what you want to do in a tax-efficient way.
When making a Will or certain gifts during your lifetime you may need to consider the potential inheritance tax liability. Generally any inheritance tax due is paid by your estate after your death, but a small number of transactions give rise to an immediate inheritance tax bill. We can discuss your options for passing your property on to friends and family and the related tax implications.
If you sell or give away an asset Capital Gains Tax may be payable. It is calculated based on the increase in value of that asset during the time you have owned it. We can advise you whether your proposed transaction will give rise to a Capital Gains Tax liability and help ensure you do not pay more tax than you have to. You are likely to have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you sell or give away assets including (but not limited to) shares or a property that is not your main residence.
There are a number of allowances, exemptions and reliefs available. We can advise on the various ways to offset capital gains tax liabilities including reliefs such as rollover relief, hold over relief and entrepreneurs’ relief. If you own a farm premises or business property there are other reliefs available.
Thank you for all the care and attention for the making of my Will
“Thank you for all the care and attention for the making of my Will and for your courtesy in attending to me at home as I was unable to get to your office. The Will is just what I needed and it was kind and thoughtful of you to arrange for the new Will to replace the one already made”
Jay responded quickly to my request for a Will update. In our meeting he was friendly and efficient. He quickly understood what I wanted to do, explained the options open to me, and with discussion found the best way to achieve this.
“Jay responded quickly to my request for a Will update. In our meeting he was friendly and efficient. He quickly understood what I wanted to do, explained the options open to me, and with discussion found the best way to achieve this.”
The service provided by this practice and Mr Jay Marsh-Gasson fully met our joint requirements
“The service provided by this practice and Mr Jay Marsh-Gasson fully met our joint requirements and expectations. His guidance, advice, information provided and help on both Briefs was very beneficial to both of us and our siblings.”
“I would like to compliment you for the helpful, informative and efficient manner in which you dealt with the whole process.”
“I would like to compliment you for the helpful, informative and efficient manner in which you dealt with the whole process.”
We would just like to say again what a pleasure it has been in dealing with yourself and appreciate your patience and professionalism in confirming our understanding of these important documents.
“We would just like to say again what a pleasure it has been in dealing with yourself and appreciate your patience and professionalism in confirming our understanding of these important documents.”
You approached us regarding our Wills needing attention. Thank you!
“You approached us regarding our Wills needing attention. Thank you! We can think of nothing additional to your current good service.”
“Your staff were very approachable, helpful and efficient.”
“Your staff were very approachable, helpful and efficient.”
I would just like to thank you
“I would just like to thank you for all your help over the past few weeks and for your explanation of various queries raised. Should at any time in the future, your help is needed again, I will not hesitate to ring.”
I found the service that you have provided me on the writing of my will absolutely exceptional
“I found the service that you have provided me on the writing of my will absolutely exceptional on a professional and friendly level. You made my will writing process very straightforward, relaxing and taking all personal matters into consideration, including the “mushroom suit” concept. Again, your question format was to the point, unambiguous and timely. If others ever needed a recommendation for the same service that you have provided I would be happy to point them in your and RG & CO’s direction. I would like to thank you again for your time and support and wish you all the best for your future. “
The service we received from your firm was polite, friendly and helpful, and your knowledge of the legal situation appertaining to our requirements was reassuring
“The service we received from your firm was polite, friendly and helpful, and your knowledge of the legal situation appertaining to our requirements was reassuring. We will have no hesitation in coming to you again should we require further legal assistance!”
We felt you dealt with everything with great professionalism…
“We felt you dealt with everything with great professionalism, plus the right degree of humour, sympathy and practicality. Your information, knowledge and explanations made (what in our eyes could have been a complicated process) appear seamless and well managed. […] You have also ensured they remain as “our” solicitors for any of our future needs”
any thanks for our copies of our wills which you have dealt with very promptly & accurately . We would like to say how your pleasant helpful personality made things so easy for us to deal with a difficult & emotional subject. Thank you again and we can assure you we will have no hesitation in recommending your firm to other clients.
“Many thanks for our copies of our wills which you have dealt with very promptly & accurately. We would like to say how your pleasant helpful personality made things so easy for us to deal with a difficult & emotional subject. Thank you again and we can assure you we will have no hesitation in recommending your firm to other clients.”
Thanks for your very efficient attention to preparation of my Will. It is such a relief that this has been completed so speedily.
“Thanks for your very efficient attention to preparation of my Will. It is such a relief that this has been completed so speedily.”
“I have just recently made my will with Lucy Hamlyn at RichardGriffiths & Co. She made the whole process, something I had been putting off, very easy and apart from giving her a few instructions carried out everything as I had wanted and so efficiently. I will definitely now use Richard Griffiths & Co to make my LPA’s”.
“I have just recently made my will with Lucy Hamlyn at Richard Griffiths & Co. She made the whole process, something I had been putting off, very easy and apart from giving her a few instructions carried out everything as I had wanted and so efficiently. I will definitely now use Richard Griffiths & Co to make my LPA’s”.
We were very grateful that you were able to visit dad at home and appreciated your kind and thoughtful manner discussing such a sensitive topic with us. I know it cannot be easy but you gave us clear advice and prompted us to consider the best options. Thanks again.
“We were very grateful that you were able to visit dad at home and appreciated your kind and thoughtful manner discussing such a sensitive topic with us. I know it cannot be easy but you gave us clear advice and prompted us to consider the best options. Thanks again.”
Thank you so much for all your help, your patience and professionalism. Simon and I would definitely use your services again, you made everything easy to understand and to follow. We hope everything goes well for you in the future and hopefully we won’t die in the near future but at least we have a plan now!
“Thank you so much for all your help, your patience and professionalism. [We] would definitely use your services again, you made everything easy to understand and to follow. We hope everything goes well for you in the future and hopefully we won’t die in the near future but at least we have a plan now!”
The service your firm provided was excellent and the advice you personally gave enabled my wife and me to finally (after 55 years of married life!), write our wills. We will certainly recommend your firm to our friends.
“The service your firm provided was excellent and the advice you personally gave enabled my wife and me to finally (after 55 years of married life!), write our wills. We will certainly recommend your firm to our friends.”
Thank you for arranging my will and sending me a copy. I found the way you conducted the business to be very professional ,yet you made me feel very comfortable whilst discussing what could be a difficult subject. Thank you.
“Thank you for arranging my will and sending me a copy. I found the way you conducted the business to be very professional ,yet you made me feel very comfortable whilst discussing what could be a difficult subject. Thank you.”
Lucy assisted my husband and I with writing our wills, she did so in a kind and caring manner. She was able to answer all of our questions fully and gave us plenty of time to consider our wishes. An excellent professional service. Thank you.
“Lucy assisted my husband and I with writing our wills, she did so in a kind and caring manner. She was able to answer all of our questions fully and gave us plenty of time to consider our wishes. An excellent professional service. Thank you.”
“We are both very grateful for your excellent help and advice throughout the process of writing new Wills. We are particularly grateful for your understanding of the urgency of the matter due to my wife’s deteriorating health. With this worry off her mind now she is feeling a little better this week. We will be pleased to recommend you to any new clients for your excellent service.”
“We are both very grateful for your excellent help and advice throughout the process of writing new Wills. We are particularly grateful for your understanding of the urgency of the matter due to my wife’s deteriorating health. With this worry off her mind now she is feeling a little better this week. We will be pleased to recommend you to any new clients for your excellent service.”
Lucy provided an excellent polite & efficient service in the arrangement of my will writing & I highly recommend Richard Griffiths & co for all professional legal requirements.
“Lucy provided an excellent polite & efficient service in the arrangement of my will writing & I highly recommend Richard Griffiths & co for all professional legal requirements.”
Conveyancing and Private Client Review
“I just wanted to send you a message of thanks for everything you helped us with over the last few weeks and months. I guess it’s kind of “all in a day’s work” for you guys, but to us your reassurance, expertise and application to the task was invaluable and very much appreciated. It was a particularly sticky situation we asked you to unpick for us and it was a great result in the end (despite a disappointing & unforeseen sting in the tail at our end !). So thanks very much indeed.”
“Jay was very patient with us when we didn’t understand the wording”
“Jay was very patient with us when we didn’t understand the wording”
“I was very pleased with the very professional service you have provided. I have already referred my son-in-law and his wife”
“I was very pleased with the very professional service you have provided. I have already referred my son-in-law and his wife”
“Jay was very knowledgeable and answered all our queries “in Layman’s terms”. Very helpful throughout”
“Jay was very knowledgeable and answered all our queries “in Layman’s terms”. Very helpful throughout”
Private Client Review
“I just want to thank you for helping me on the way with the legal documents so fast and effectively. It has helped settle some unfinished business, and has shaped up better than I had hoped. You have a real blessing!”
Private Client Review
“Excellent service from start to finish. Extremely fast response time, the process couldn’t have been more smooth. Best dealings we have had […] would use again without hesitation.”
Private Client Review
“Jay provided a First Class service, which we would find difficult to improve on. Exemplary in all aspects.”
Private Client Review
“Alisha was not just professional – but kind. When you’re engaged with drawing up a will or making an LPA application; that’s important.”
I can’t express how much I’ve appreciated all you have done
“I can’t express how much I’ve appreciated all you have done. I feel that your intervention, patience and expertise have made this whole experience for myself painless.”
I am happy everything has come to a satisfactory conclusion
“I am happy everything has come to a satisfactory conclusion and I take this opportunity to thank you for all your assistance.”
All I can say is thank you all
“All I can say is thank you all, and keep up the first class job you do.”
D. Coe
Thank you for dealing with this matter so efficiently
“Thank you for dealing with this matter so efficiently and in a friendly manner – everything went through smoothly.”
J. Green
I found your service very professional
“I found your service very professional, helpful and every level of question answered.”
J. Edmunds
Richard Griffiths & Co are a highly professional
“Richard Griffiths & Co are a highly professional, knowledgeable and personable firm of solicitors whom I have no hesitation in recommending.”
M. Allen