Will You Lose State Pension Indexation With Brexit?
Many British Expats are Living and Retired Abroad in EU countries such as Spain, Portugal, France, Cyprus and Germany and receive indexed annual UK state pensions. This applies to all EU countries, plus EEA countries, Switzerland and Gibraltar.
With EU Brexit this automatic right will be lost. It may be during Brexit that Britain negotiates replacement arrangements, to allow pension indexing to continue
EU Brexit for Expats - Potential Impact on State Pension Indexing
Expats Living and Retired Abroad can receive indexed UK state pensions if they live in a country with a reciprocal agreement for pension indexation. That includes all the EU Countries, so with EU Brexit - what happens to Expats Receiving UK State Pensions?
Whatever the manner of UK Brexit from the EU, Overseas Tax on Pensions paid offshore will continue to be determined by the relevant double taxation treaty - for better or worse.
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Pension Freedom for Expats - Business or Retired
New Pension Freedom Rules allow Expats to Draw the whole of their UK based pension fund and pay tax in their country of overseas tax residence. This offers potentially large tax savings for Expat Business and Retired people Living and Working Abroad.
You don't have to retire to free your pension, even if living and working abroad, you can still reclaim the pension once you are over 55.
In the UK any Pension fund over £43,000 could generate a UK tax bill of 40% (£17,200)
The freed pension funds can then be invested in any way, cash investments, family business, overseas property, family education, repay loans, enjoy retirement.
ProACT can help free your Pension and reclaim big tax savings up to 40%.
Business Start-Ups for Cyprus Expats
Business Start Up costs in Cyprus are expensive and new Expat Business starting in Cyprus should consider their approach to save money and tax in the crucial first two years as the business gets going.
Consider a contractor or sole trader starting a new Cyprus Business. A start new business could pay over Euro 900 per quarter as a fixed social insurance from the outset. While reductions can be achieved with allot of hard work a minimum social insurance tax bill would be around Euro 300 per quarter.
With good planning you could reduce the business set up costs while remaining compliant for income tax, VAT and Social Insurance
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Title Deeds Developers & Reclaiming Immovable Property Tax
Title Deeds, Developers and Reclaiming Immovable Property Tax,
Sam Orgill www.proactpartnership.com How to protect your Cyprus Property Cyprus
In 2015 Big changes allowed buyers to claim title deeds without waiting for developers and their banks to release them. Also banks can reclaim property where mortgages in default. We understand Bank of Cyprus has reprocessed Secret Valley from Aristo developers, illustrating the dangers to property buyers of not securing their title deeds now.
Big changes in 2016 Immovable Property Tax (IMPT) on Cyprus Property mean that tax savings are available for Expats owning Cyprus Property.
Should You Pay Your Developers Tax to Receive Title Deeds in Cyprus?
Sam Orgill ProACT Partnership Examines the validity of claims for additional payments to developers in exchange for title deeds
When you make a contract it sets on 3 things: 1. the buyer and seller 2. the goods sold and the price paid 3. what and when happens to fulfill the contract.
Normally a cyprus contract states the buyer pays the money and the seller delivers the property - with title deeds later. The conditions in the contract for buyer and seller determine what you are legally obliged to pay.
Sticking to the letter of the contract could save you thousands off the price.
What EU Brexit Will Change for Expats
What EU Brexit Will Change for Expats ?
With or Without EU Brexit for Expats when owning overseas property or business in EUland you must make written changes for your wishes to be possible.
To choose how you settle your affairs when you die - who gets what - and how much inheritance tax is paid find out more.
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Will You Leave In the Way you Want? Or Will Law of Succession Decide for You?
Sam Orgill www.proactpartnership.com How Do You Want To Leave This World ? Laws of Succession and Estates can limit your chooses once your gone
When you make a Will you are setting out how your accumulated processions, assets and wealth are to be passed on and who to. You could create legacies for the good of family down the generations, or through charities that you support. You can also choose your funeral service.
These choice are available during your lifetime, but not always on death. as you wish.
Who Will you Trust? What Control Do You Have? Does EU Brexit Impact?
Read the Full Article What Will You Wish For? Cremation V Burial
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EU Brexit - Can You Trust Laws of Succession for Overseas Property?
Sam Orgill ProACT Partnership examines the impact of EU Laws on Overseas Property Assets in Euroland
In 2015 an EU directive on Laws of Succession became law in all EU countries other than those who opted out - UK Ireland and Denmark. In the first step towards Brexit the UK choose not to give up sovereignty of its national Laws of Succession and hand them over to EU law. Once an EU directive is adopted into law the member state loses sovereignty on that aspect of law, and the 'supreme court' of justice moves to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
EU Laws of Succession
The EU law of Succession is based upon on EU traditions dating back to the Romans: the principle being assets pass to blood relatives. This distribution to relatives is fixed and means that trusts, charities, friends, unmarried partners, step children and children born out of wedlock can lose out.
UK law of succession allows each person to make a Will and leave benefits to people they choose, irrespective of the blood connection, marriage. There are rules for distribution of an estate if you die and do not leave a WIll.
This could be a great cause of concern to Expats owning Overseas Property in the EU.
EU Brexit: Property Fund - Rock Solid Investment
The EU Brexit decision will have a wide ranging 'economic' and 'social' adjustment period in the coming 2-5 years. There will always be winners and losers. ProACT look at EU Brexit for Expats.
Solid Investment
Over many years people have chosen property funds as a 'low risk' investment of a lump sum.
However all investments can go down as well as up. Dont put all your eggs in one basket otherwise you could find your dreams smashed, as property funds lose liquidity and become a 'solid' investment for the wrong reason.
Post Brexit vote has seen half of UK property funds 'close' to redemptions from investors in UK commercial property. International Commercial Investors feared for future values of UK commercial property and hastened to exit the property fund.
What Will You Wish For? Cremation V Burial
Sam Orgill www.proactpartnership.com How Do You Want To Leave This World ? Safe, Secure, Fun
When you make a Will you are setting out how your accumulated processions, assets and wealth are to be passed on and who to. You could create legacies for the good of family down the generations, or through charities that you support.
Cremation V Burial
Not everyone likes to discuss their funeral service and how their body is disposed of. However if you will die, these questions need to be dealt with. Often this is done with private agreement between family. In this article we wish to explore what that you choices and options are.
A recent survey in the UK found British people had a 60% preference for cremation. Of those favouring cremation 80% envisaged their ashes be scattered.