Ian Timms

Partner, Tax

Ian is a Chartered Tax Advisor and Chartered Accountant and has considerable experience in the tax and accountancy world. He specialises in helping individuals, businesses and corporates with tax planning and tax mitigation strategies. He works across a large number of industries including life sciences, industrial and construction, farming, land development, property, universities and colleges, charities, media, retail (online and physical) and hospitality.

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Life Sciences Education Industrial and Manufacturing

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Voluntary Class 2 and Class 3 National Insurance Contributions for non-residents – important deadline following the Budget

5th December 2025
 
It was a big Budget this year, with a large number of tax headlines that you will have seen in the news.  However, within the ‘small print’, were the upcoming restrictions on non-residents making voluntary...
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Planning for succession before the April 2026 BPR and APR changes

5th December 2025
Written by: Ian Timms
The April 2026 reforms to both Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) are prompting many business owners and farming families to reassess their succession plans. These changes alter long established assumptions about...
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Using trusts to support tax planning, and to manage complex family dynamics when considering succession

3rd December 2025
Written by: Michaela Lamb
Trusts were once seen as the purview of the ultra-wealthy, but in recent years, the benefits of using a trust have become increasingly relevant for even those who consider themselves only to have relatively modest...
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Budget 2025: Employment taxes

27th November 2025
 
Salary Sacrifice pensions The government will charge employer and employee National Insurance (NI) on pension contributions above £2,000 per annum made via salary sacrifice. This will take effect from 6th April 2029. In a salary...
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Budget 2025: Savings and investments

27th November 2025
 
ISAs The annual ISA limit of £20,000 remains unchanged, but the way in which you can save is not. From April 2027, the cash ISA limit will be cut from £20,000 to £12,000 (unless you...
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Budget 2025: Property taxes

27th November 2025
 
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings – out of time claims for relief From Royal Assent to the Finance Bill, the law will be changed so that claims for relief from ATED will be able to...
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