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Katharine Arthur
Partner, Head of Private Client

Katharine advises individuals, businesses and trusts on all aspects of their tax compliance responsibilities and advisory requirements.
With a focus on private client issues, Katharine provides practical assistance to clients on a wide range of issues, including:
- Domicile
- Residence
- Individuals coming to and leaving the UK
- Property ownership, including the recently introduced Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
- Capital Gains Tax
Her clients also benefit from her advice on:
- Self employment
- Partnerships
- Tax planning
- HMRC enquiries and International Information Exchange agreements
She has particular expertise in Inheritance Tax and estate planning as well as UK and offshore trusts, and has established haysmacintyre’s new range of probate services.
Katharine is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser and is a member of the Taxation Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). Katharine has previously worked for Big 4 and Top 20 advisory firms.
She has often been quoted in the general and tax press, presents at seminars and hopes to translate sometimes overly technical tax issues and opportunities into plain English.
Away from the office, Katharine enjoys travel, wildlife and photography and combining all three whenever she can.
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Autumn Statement – 17 November 2022: full summary
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Private Client
Autumn Statement – 17 November 2022: highlights
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Private Client
2022 Autumn Budget: What comes next?
As uncertainty and a lack of clarity continues, it’s more important than ever that “...
Reactions from haysmacintyre: UK mini-budget U-turn
“The reversal of almost all tax cuts in the mini-budget, so soon after Friday’s...
Private Client
Reversal on Emergency Budget
Three weeks later, after huge turmoil, a reversal of most of the elements of that...
haysmacintyre named one of eprivateclient’s top accountancy firms for 2022
Once again, eprivateclient has named haysmacintyre as one of the top accountancy firms for 2022. We...
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