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Meeting 24 April 2013 Tax, Care and Toy Boys A talk by Glenys Laws Collective Legal Solutions. This is the sort of speaker we need every week! Not only did Glenys offer to provide a synopsis of her talk, she also sent a lifesize picture which I have unfortunately had to reduce to fit on this page. While I am tempted to just give you the synopsis (which is on the next page), some might feel this was a bit of an advert for Collective Legal Solutions, so I will give a bit of our side of the evening as well. A rather small gathering, as many members had just arrived back from Belfast and decided not to be forced to compare the Dorset Arms with the Europa Hotel; i.e. there is less chance of getting blown up in the Dorset. Glenys came all the way from Worthing to talk to us, about tax, care – and toy boys. Possibly Glenys was drawn so far afield by the chance to eat at said Dorset Arms. I will not comment on the food as this is apparently off limits for a lowly scribe, suffice to say that our speaker chose to forego the pabulum presented on this occasion or “les saucisses à la purée with an afterthought of sauce jus d’oignon”. Yum. After an introduction which cunningly avoided mentioning anything so sordid as valuable consideration for the services provided by Collective Legal Solutions, Glenys settled into an erudite presentation of the situations where her advice might be beneficial. It took a degree of practice but mainly personality and conviction to save this from turning into an evening with your friendly neighbourhood doubleglazing salesman. But, without smoke, mirrors or even a script, this was a masterly run through of everything you need to know before you kick the container mentioned by last week’s speaker. An example? – I’ll try. The toy boy reference? Well, Glenys’s second paragraph touches on it delicately. To paraphrase: If you want your money to pass to your deserving children and not to the ne’er dowell stock of some Johnnycomelately who usurps your barely cold space in the family pile, ring the number at the end of the synopsis. There wasn’t time to ask the question, “How do I stop my money passing to my son now that he is a qualified solicitor and puts Postit notes on things saying “Mine” when he visits?” ……so a big “thank you” to Glenys will have to suffice. Joint bank account? These days your bank may decide to freeze the account if you or your partner is declared doolally (military term for Glenys’s “loses capacity”). You can plan ahead to avoid this by setting up a power of attorney for each other (not joint – that puts you back to square 1). But why do the banks do it? In case the condition was deliberately brought on by the partner. Just a minute……

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Meeting  24  April  2013    Tax,  Care  and  Toy  Boys   A  talk  by  Glenys  Laws  

Collective  Legal  Solutions.    

This  is  the  sort  of  speaker  we  need  every  week!    Not  only  did  Glenys  offer  to  provide  a  synopsis  of  her  talk,  she  also  sent  a  life-­‐size  picture  which  I  have  unfortunately  had  to  reduce  to  fit  on  this  page.  

While  I  am  tempted  to  just  give  you  the  synopsis  (which  is  on  the  next  page),  some  might  feel  this  was  a  bit  of  an  advert  for  Collective  Legal  Solutions,  so  I  will  give  a  bit  of  our  side  of  the  evening  as  well.  

A  rather  small  gathering,  as  many  members  had  just  arrived  back  from  Belfast  and  decided  not  to  be  forced  to  compare  the  Dorset  Arms  with  the  Europa  Hotel;  i.e.  there  is  less  chance  of  getting  blown  up  in  the  Dorset.  

Glenys  came  all  the  way  from  Worthing  to  talk  to  us,  about  tax,  care  –  and  toy  boys.    Possibly  Glenys  was  drawn  so  far  afield  by  the  chance  to  eat  at  said  Dorset  Arms.    I  will  not  comment  on  the  food  as  this  is  apparently  off  limits  for  a  lowly  scribe,  suffice  to  say  that  our  speaker  chose  to  forego  the  pabulum  presented  on  this  occasion  -­‐  or  “les  saucisses  à  la  purée with  an  afterthought  of  sauce  jus  d’oignon”.    Yum.  

After  an  introduction  which  cunningly  avoided  mentioning  anything  so  sordid  as  valuable  consideration  for  the  services  provided  by  Collective  Legal  Solutions,  Glenys  settled  into  an  erudite  presentation  of  the  situations  where  her  advice  might  be  beneficial.    It  took  a  degree  of  practice  -­‐  but  mainly  personality  and  conviction  -­‐  to  save  this  from  turning  into  an  evening  with  your  friendly  neighbourhood  double-­‐glazing  salesman.    But,  without  smoke,  mirrors  or  even  a  script,  this  was  a  masterly  run  through  of  everything  you  need  to  know  before  you  kick  the  container  mentioned  by  last  week’s  speaker.    An  example?  –  I’ll  try.  

The  toy  boy  reference?    Well,  Glenys’s  second  paragraph  touches  on  it  delicately.    To  paraphrase:    If  you  want  your  money  to  pass  to  your  deserving  children  and  not  to  the  ne’er-­‐do-­‐well  stock  of  some  Johnny-­‐come-­‐lately  who  usurps  your  barely  cold  space  in  the  family  pile,  ring  the  number  at  the  end  of  the  synopsis.  

There  wasn’t  time  to  ask  the  question,  “How  do  I  stop  my  money  passing  to  my  son  now  that  he  is  a  qualified  solicitor  and  puts  Post-­‐it  notes  on  things  saying  “Mine”  when  he  visits?”  ……so  a  big  “thank  you”  to  Glenys  will  have  to  suffice.  

Joint  bank  account?    These  days  your  bank  may  decide  to  freeze  the  account  if  you  or  your  partner  is  declared  doolally  (military  term  for  Glenys’s  “loses  capacity”).    You  can  plan  ahead  to  avoid  this  by  setting  up  a  power  of  attorney  for  each  other  (not  joint  –  that  puts  you  back  to  square  1).  But  why  do  the  banks  do  it?    In  case  the  condition  was  deliberately  brought  on  by  the  partner.    Just  a  minute……  

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Tax,  Care  and  Toy  Boys  –  A  talk  by  Glenys  Laws,  Collective  Legal  Solutions.   Speaking  about  tax,  care  and  toy  boys  to  the  East  Grinstead  Meridian  Rotary  Club  on  24th.  April  was  made  so  much  easier  by  the  warm  welcome  I  received  on  the  day.      There  was  surprise  when  I  opened  by  stating  that  after  many  years  in  the  legal  industry  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  is  no  point  having  a  will.  I  quickly  followed  up  by  saying  that  this  is  true  unless  measures  have  been  taken  to  protect  assets  from  the  threat  of  Inheritance  Tax,  the  reduction  in  the  estate  after  being  forced  to  fund  Long  Term  Care,  or  from  one’s  husband  or  wife  meeting  someone  else  after  first  death  and  their  hard  earned  wealth  passing  to  the  new  partner  or  new  partner’s  family.      The  group  learnt  that  couples  owning  their  home  jointly,  or  having  wills  leaving  everything  to  each  other,  could  put  their  family’s  inheritance  in  jeopardy.  Appropriate  advice  on  the  use  of  trusts  within  a  will,  or  ones  established  during  lifetime,  will  mitigate  all,  or  at  least  a  significant  proportion,  of  their  Inheritance  Tax  Liability.      The  need  for  individuals  to  plan  for  failing  mental  capacity,  in  the  event  of  accident  or  illness,  has  become  urgent  as  joint  accounts  can  now  be  frozen  by  banks  where  one  account  holder  loses  capacity.  The  need  for  us  all  to  plan  for  this  eventuality  has  never  been  greater.      The  benefits  of  taking  out  a  pre  paid  funeral  plan  are  many,  especially  for  the  fees  they  will  save  in  the  future  and  the  peace  of  mind  it  gives  to  your  family.    As  ever,  when  I  speak  to  an  audience,  I  am  pleased  to  say  that  the  company  will  fund  specialist  advice  to  provide  peace  of  mind.  I  stand  by  this  view  and  invite  any  reader  to  call  me  personally  on  01903  200982  where  I  will  answer  any  concerns  and  will  offer  a  free  of  charge  consultation  if  necessary.    Finally,  thank  you  for  allowing  me  to  speak  on  such  an  important  matter  and  for  being  such  a  delightful  audience.    

 

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