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Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) complements the range of life planning services M+A Partners provides to help clients and their families prepare for the future.

As our expertise covers the full scope of probate, trusts and Inheritance Tax services, we are in a position that allows for knowledgeable, all-encompassing advice to serve the needs of executors, individuals and their attorneys.

An LPA enables you to select the people you trust to make decisions on your behalf and act in your best interests when you may not be able to make these decisions yourself, through illness or loss of capacity.

There are two types of LPA, Property & Financial Affairs (PA) and Health & Welfare (HW).

The existence of a registered LPA removes any additional costs, stress and potential delays when making decisions about your affairs.

For further information on Lasting Powers of Attorney please contact our experts or download the information leaflet from the Publications section below.

News

In what will be a real transformation for Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) procedures, parliament has now passed the Powers of Attorney Bill.

This includes the move from a solely paper-based system for making and registering an LPA to one that permits digital evidence.

Modernisation of the system and the recognition of electronic versions, should considerably cut the time it takes to process an LPA.

To read more on this story click here.

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Experts

Clare Goodswen
Partner
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Clare joined M+A Partners as Director of Personal Taxation and Private Client Services in 2008, having trained as an accountant with another firm. She specialised in private client work in 2001 and qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 2005, taking the top spot in East Anglia.

Clare’s areas of specialism include all aspects of income tax, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax, with a particular focus on complex tax planning, high-net wealth individuals, and tax planning using trusts. She is well known in Norwich for her client-focused approach to tax planning and her ability to provide effective solutions to minimise personal tax liabilities.

Clare says “Having trained as an accountant before specialising in tax helps me to provide a commercial approach to the constantly changing challenges that face our clients when planning their tax affairs”.

Clare is a member of the committee for the local branch of the Chartered Institute of Tax.

Clare is also:

Chairman of the East Anglian branch of The Chartered Institute of Tax; Committee Member of Norfolk Professionals Joint Institutes
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  • Accounting Services
  • Personal Taxation and Private Client
  • VAT
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Emma Hunt
Partner
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Emma joined M+A Partners as a Private Client Tax Manager in 2017, having previously worked for a large national accountancy firm, with a focus on private client tax work.

Emma is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, as well as a committee member for the East Anglian branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Emma has helped to enhance the firm's growing probate and estates specialism, managing the complex tax affairs of individuals, trusts and estates, as well as running tax planning and advisory projects.
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  • Personal Taxation and Private Client
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Publications

Will Writing & Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)
Lasting Powers of Attorney Factsheet