Stefan Donnelly

Since Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced tax changes during the Autumn Budget, we have seen many shareholders within family-owned businesses looking to bring forward their succession planning to avoid increased Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates. Typically, shares are being passed to younger family members sooner (usually sons/daughters), but this can give rise to other issues – such as what will happen to those shares if the person receiving them later goes through a divorce or separation?

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