ANTI-AVOIDANCE

Dominic Stuttaford and Aiden Hepworth (Norton Rose Fulbright) assess the practical impact of the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Gould.

Etienne Wong

Etienne Wong (Old Square Tax Chambers) provides a guide to the key points from the Labour government’s introduction of VAT on private school fees.

Thomas Chacko

The First-tier Tribunal’s ruling in Osmond and Allen reveals a mistaken approach to the transactions in securities rules, and to purpose tests in general, writes Thomas Chacko (Pump Court Tax Chambers).

Ross Birkbeck

With an estimated tax gap of some £36bn, Labour does seem to be taking enforcement seriously, writes Ross Birkbeck (Old Square Tax Chambers).

Oliver Marre

Just as we contemplate the demise of the remittance basis, Oliver Marre (5 Stone Buildings) examines the first Upper Tribunal decision on a key provision on those rules.

Zoe Andrews

Mike Lane

Recent decisions on intra-group VAT services, loan relationship debits and distributions from non-UK resident company are examined by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).

Neil Fletcher

Neil Fletcher (Alvarez & Marsal) discusses the implications of the decision for taxpayers where this is an obvious commercial purpose and a tax advantage.

Constantine Christofi

The Supreme Court does strive to find a workable and straightforward interpretation of the law, writes Constantine Christofi (EY).

Jason Collins

Ravikaran Ahlawat

Have HMRC been pushing their interpretation of tax legislation too far? Jason Collins and Ravikaran Ahlawat (DLA Piper) look at lessons from some of this year’s key judgments.