Business owners looking to make the best of changes in corporate tax can learn more at a seminar being hosted by Coventry and Warwickshire solicitors Alsters Kelley next month (September).

The free event being held on Wednesday 29 September will examine the Coalition Government's changes to the system, which came into force in June this year.

Colin Witherall, Head of Corporate in the firm's Company Commercial department, will lead the seminar along with the firm's retained corporate tax adviser, Lisa Stevenson.

Mr Witherall said: "At first sight, the changes for CGT Relief look quite dramatic and good for business owners, increasing the rate of relief from 18 per cent to 28 per cent, while raising the sums available on Entrepreneurs Relief from £2 million to £5 million. Inevitably, the devil is in the detail.

"The way in which the relief is calculated has been streamlined and there are extra rules to ensure that the company concerned is a trading business and is not being used simply as a way of avoiding tax."

The seminar, which will focus on SMEs, will also look at corporate taxation, splitting shares between husband and wife and carving out subsidiaries and property from companies to ensure maximum tax efficiency.

Anyone interested in registering for the seminar can do so by emailing cocoseminars@alsterskelley.com.

For more information about Alsters Kelley, please visit their website here: www.alsters.com