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Malcolm Finney

Malcolm Finney

M.Sc (Bus Admin) M.Sc (Org Psych) B.Sc

Malcolm Finney is an established and well-known tax professional who currently runs his own tax consultancy and training firm, Pythagoras Training.

Malcolm's previous experience has included working for the international finance and international tax consultancy J.F. Chown & Company Ltd (now Chown Dewhurst LLP); as partner and head of international tax at the international accountancy firm Grant Thornton LLP; and as head of tax at the London-based law firm Nabarro Nathanson.

Malcolm has written extensively on tax matters, has spoken at tax seminars both in the UK and abroad and has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Greenwich Business School.

Whilst forging a successful tax consultancy career Malcolm also writes in depth on current UK tax matters and the changes which will affect business owners, tax payers and consultants alike.

Reports and books by Malcolm Finney

Articles by Malcolm Finney

Title Date
Gifting Assets: Is It Really That Simple? August 2026 August 2026
A Walk Through the Inheritance Tax Forest Part 1 January 2026 January 2026
A Walk Through the Inheritance Tax Forest Part 2 January 2025 January 2025
Interest in possession trusts: Mandated income March 2023 March 2023
PPR change to inter-spouse transfers: What’s new? June 2020 June 2020
Jointly Held Property – Splitting Income Using Form 17 February 2020 February 2020
Disposals of beneficial interests in settled property: What’s the CGT position? February 2020 February 2020
Discretionary trust distributions: capital or income? December 2019 December 2019
OTS’s proposed IHT reforms: Good or bad for taxpayers? November 2019 November 2019
Will trusts and their IHT treatment October 2019 October 2019
Private residence relief: What lies ahead? October 2019 October 2019
‘Settlor-interested trusts’ and their income tax consequences July 2019 July 2019
Unmarried couples and inheritance tax July 2019 July 2019
What constitutes a dwelling for stamp duty land tax higher rate purposes? June 2019 June 2019
Inheritance tax: when is a ‘residence’ inherited and what constitutes ‘closely inherited’? May 2019 May 2019
The Sorry Tale Of The Personal Representative And Barbados Beneficiary March 2019 March 2019
Married To A Non-UK Domiciled Spouse: Inheritance Tax Implications March 2019 March 2019
‘Gift And Loan’ Trusts March 2019 March 2019
Discretionary Trust Versus Direct Equity Ownership February 2019 February 2019
The Transferable Residence Nil Rate Band: Extra IHT Savings? January 2019 January 2019

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