Money: This guide to money and work seeks to demystify finance, starting with the operation of bank accounts, through to pensions, property-owning and how taxes are calculated.

Work: Before Day One in employment we should understand the key rights and duties in the workplace such as the employment contract, holiday, working hours, maternity and paternity leave, flexible working. On leaving we need to understand the differences between resignation and dismissal, and what redundancy is. This book covers all of these issues and the evolving issue of human rights and employment.

The purpose of this book is to offer, in one place, enough information for you to assess your needs in the world of property thoughtfully, how to ask the right questions (and who to ask).

This book reviews the evolution of labour law within the EU, analyses the distinct regional approaches to employment and welfare, and looks at the pressures for change within a further enlarged EU. The authors then provide an outline of employment law in each of the 27 member states, and in Turkey and Croatia (both aspirant member states). It is intended for HR persons, lawyers looking for basic knowledge, policymakers & lawmakers elsewhere in EU, and EU bodies.

Taxation of Small Businesses is a practical guide to all aspects of direct taxation of a small business in one volume.  It is ideal for sole practitioners and small partnerships, but will be a handy reference guide for all tax advisers. The book aims to give a clear explanation of the relevant legislation and practical advice on ways of minimising clients’ tax liabilities and warning against common pitfalls.

This book is a practical guide to the very practical subject of Tax Due Diligence.  It aims to show that tax due diligence is not a commodity by leading the reader through the tax due diligence process and explaining at each stage how to extract the maximum value from tax due diligence.

A guide to The Pensions Act 2004 as it applies in the most testing situations of business failure or take-over. The new rules impose funding obligations on employers which, it was thought by the legislators, employers would attempt to evade. Essential reading for trustees of pension schemes, company directors, managing directors, finance directors, company secretaries, actuaries, lawyers, accountants, insolvency practitioners. 

This book introduces the main concepts and trade facilitation reliefs that businesses must understand if they are to trade internationally with the least intervention and disruption from the Tax Authorities. It highlights the means of importing goods and arriving at the Customs value on which import duty and import VAT are computed. It also provides commentary on export procedures and the VAT treatment of intra-EC trading, including potential fiscal barriers to exploiting non-UK markets. Chapters on potential pitfalls and planning for international trade provide the reader with an overview of ‘Best-practice’ when looking to import or export goods.

International tax arbitrage has come under intense scrutiny since the global financial crisis, and is usually portrayed as a form of aggressive tax avoidance. Press coverage has often shown little understanding of the distinction between tax avoidance and tax evasion, describing the legitimate behaviour of taxpayer banks, financial institutions and multinational businesses in emotive terms and often inaccurately.

This book aims to look at tax arbitrage, and demystify its practice.

Protected Cell Companies is a valuable resource for practitioners who work with this important new business form. The book provides comprehensive guidance on such complex issues as insolvency, veil-piercing, tax, and accounting, use for captive insurance companies,  and as a bankruptcy remote vehicle for special purpose vehicles, credit derivatives, and open-end investment companies.

This book is for asset-based lenders and their legal advisers and explains the options available when the borrower faces insolvency. For those new to the subject, the authors outline how asset-based lending works, and also the regulatory framework for insolvency.