Helen Thornley

Member Since: 19th Oct 2018
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Helen Thornley has a focus on personal and capital taxes. Initially training as an accountant before moving to tax, she worked in practice until her appointment as a technical officer in 2017. She also has an interest in the history of tax.
ATT Technical Officer The Association of Taxation Technicians
17th Nov 2023
Savers ride the tax tide due to rising rates
A freedom of information request obtained by investment platform, AJ Bell showed that up to 2.7 million people will need to pay tax on...
HMRC & policy
19th Oct 2023
Playing the long game with inheritance tax
For a tax that only affects a small proportion of the public – and makes a modest contribution to UK tax receipts – inheritance tax (IHT)...
Personal tax
4th Aug 2023
Testing, testing – HMRC ponders a new piloting approach
Back in April, as part of a discussion document titled Creating innovative change through new legislative pilots , HMRC proposed the idea...
HMRC & policy
19th Jan 2023
Cryptoassets on the slide as value freezes
Welcome to the crypto winter, the latest buzzword for the downturn in the state of all things crypto. Prices have fallen, large...
Personal tax
19th Aug 2022
New guidance as trust registration deadline looms
By 1 September 2022, all express trusts in existence at 6 October 2020 should be registered on the Trust Register via the Trust...
HMRC & policy
3rd Aug 2022
HMRC calls for evidence on taxation of DeFi transactions
When HMRC published its guidance on decentralised finance (DeFi) transactions in February 2022 it proved unpopular. Following a statement...
Tech pulse
29th Jul 2022
CGT changes: Amicable result for divorcing couples
The government has announced welcome changes to the tax treatment of transfers of assets between divorcing couples. Expected to take effect...
Personal tax
22nd Jul 2022
Timing is crucial for property returns and self assessment
Since April 2020, UK residents disposing of UK residential property on which capital gains tax (CGT) is due have been required to calculate...
Personal tax
10th Jun 2022
HMRC proposes widening exemption for small trusts
In a welcome move, HMRC is proposing to widen a simplification that keeps small trusts and estates out of paying tax and self-assessment...
Personal tax
17th Mar 2022
Young NFT artist in line for 'whale' of a tax bill
Would you like to own a heavily pixelated image of a whale? Perhaps one with a hat and a cigarette? If so, then one of the 3,350 images of...
Personal tax