AF1 (Personal Tax & Trust Planning) Pre Exam Training, Day 2 - Tuesday 21st September 2021 - online distance learning event

AF1 (Personal Tax & Trust Planning) Pre Exam Training, Day 1 - Monday 20^th September 2021, Day 2 – Tuesday 21st September 2021

The Personal Finance Society Hants & Dorset, Surrey and Thames Valley Regional Committees in association with the Insurance Institutes of Bournemouth, Guildford, Reading and Southampton have organised a training day for those members who are studying for and taking the AF1 examination.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Regional Committees have suspended all Face to Face events for 2021 and this event will be run as an Online Distance Learning event.

The cost of the day’s training will be £95 for Hants & Dorset, Surrey and Thames Valley PFS members and £125 for all other PFS members and £135 for non-PFS members. We trust your integrity to select the correct option. There is a maximum of 16 attendees. If we are oversubscribed, you will be placed on a waiting list.

The day will commence at 0930 sharp and finish by 1630, with breaks timetabled for lunch etc throughout the day.

The AF1 preparation day aims to increase your chances of passing the exam.

AF1 is a challenging exam and candidates need to be well prepared if they are to have a reasonable chance of passing.

This will be very much a revision day so it’s important that you come with a reasonable knowledge of the main subjects of the syllabus.

Day 1 Taxation

By the end of the event delegates will able to:

• Calculate accurately a liability to income, capital gains, inheritance tax and National Insurance for individuals whose situation is typical of those tested in previous AF1 papers.

• Understand the main pension input and benefit rules as applied to typical AF1 questions

• Explain accurately the tax treatment of the main pooled investments, both on and off-shore and apply these rules to practical situations faced by the average investor

Day 2 Trusts

By the end of the event delegates will be able to:

• Understand how an individual’s status for Residency and Domicile is established and how this affects their liability to UK tax.

• Explain how trusts can be set up together with the roles and responsibilities of trustees.

• Explain the main characteristics of Absolute, Interest in Possession and Discretionary trusts and how income and capital gains is calculated for each

• Identify what is a Relevant Property Trust and a Non-Relevant Property Trust and explain how this status affects liability to IHT

• Explain the requirements for a will to be valid and the process to be followed by the executors in distributing the estate

• Explain the rules of intestacy and Deeds of Variation

• Explain how a Lasting Power of Attorney can be set up and administered

• Explain the procedures and implications of being made bankrupt.

Our 2021 online revision programme is being co-ordinated by Dean Scott and L&D Digital Solutions. The course trainer is Darren Slater FPFS, a member of the L&D Digital Solutions trainers team.

Any questions please email the Hants and Dorset PFS Regional Committee on hantsanddorsetpfs@outlook.com.

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