Tax on the Beach · Journal 028

Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out..

Martin Beadle · 3 September 2024 · 319 words

Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out..

In the late 1960’s Denis Hauptly was a student at Notre Dame

The Hesburgh Library (where the famed ‘Touchdown Jesus’ hovers over the football stadium) had just been completed, and it was in a part of campus that had just been built

One day, as the library was being opened for business, he noticed something startling: there were no paths to the building. It was all a sea of grass

As time went by, students walked to the library, and earthen paths gradually began to emerge

Come Spring, the concrete mixer trucks moved in and put down permanent paths where the students had ‘marked’ them

No one would ever have drawn up the paths the way the students actually ended up making them, but that simple pilot ensured that the ‘product’ was perfectly suited to the users’ needs, and doing it cost nothing

We used the same technique when we created our Resource Optimisation Programme – the road less taxed – for our most discerning, and caring, clients. The first two documents on that road cost nothing, so you can see the whole journey before a penny is spent

Success leaves clues and, over 30+ years, we’ve learned that, in legacy planning for the next generation of your family, there’s a number of ‘desire lines’

Including, getting from A to B with as few barriers as possible. Owning their planning goals and outcomes. Everyone gets their own bespoke walled garden. All at a fixed cost

Our Chartered Tax Advisers utilise as many as possible of the near one-thousand HMRC tax Exemptions and Allowances as circumstances permit, then they wring the juice out of ‘em

This year, next year, every year, even after you’re gone

Imagine, your own tame Chartered Tax Adviser, handling all probate tax issues for your family and loved-ones when you’re no longer around to hold their hands..

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Important. Tax on the Beach is the personal column of Martin Beadle, Founder. It is general commentary, not advice, and reflects the rules as at the date of first publication shown above – figures and legislation may have changed since. Reth!nk.tax is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and does not provide regulated financial, investment or pension advice. All tax advice is provided, in writing, by Chartered Tax Advisers.

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Important. Tax on the Beach is the personal column of Martin Beadle, Founder. It is general commentary, not advice, and reflects the rules as at the date of first publication shown above - figures and legislation change. All tax advice is provided in writing by a Chartered Tax Adviser who is a current member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

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