- June 25, 2019
The CGT Consequences of Asset Disposals Between Spouses
This article discusses an area that often comes up in the CII multiple-choice and written exams: the capital gains tax consequences of disposals between spouses and civil partners - of interest to those studying for any of the CII AF1, AF2, AF4, AF5, CF1, J03, R03 or R06 exams.
- June 21, 2019
Friday Five – 21 June – 5 Questions in 5 Minutes
A bit of Friday Fun where we provide you with 5 questions relevant to a mix of CII exams. The challenge is for you to answer them in 5 minutes.
- June 20, 2019
The CII AF1 April 2019 Exam in Review
The CII have released their exam papers from the April sitting, so it’s time for us to see what was tested this time round; we kick off with the AF1 exam: Personal Tax and Trust Planning. If you haven’t seen it yet, then the paper can be found here....
- June 20, 2019
And the Winner of the ‘Best Training Resource’ Award is…
Professional Paraplanner presented a range of awards from Best Individual Paraplanner to Best Provider at the awards ceremony for 2019. All the paraplanner awards were short-listed and judged by a panel whilst all the provider awards were voted for by the paraplanners themselves.
- June 18, 2019
How to Answer a Taxing Question
We were recently asked about one of our questions that tests how dividends are taxed; this type of question can appear in any of the exams that covers income tax and investments, so potentially LP2, CF1, R02, R03, R06, AF1, AF4 and AF5!