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Lode Van Den Hende (Herbert Smith Freehills) considers the UK government’s recently published papers setting out its proposals for UK/EU customs relations post-Brexit.

Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock (Hogan Lovells) report the latest VAT developments that matter.
 

Sam Mitha CBE believes that the government will have to use tax policy to safeguard the economy and jobs.

Lydia Challen (Allen & Overy) reviews the provisions of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and explains how they apply to tax.

The Supreme Court has held that a customer overcharged VAT by a supplier will not, generally, have a restitutionary right to recover that overcharged VAT from HMRC. Nick Skerrett and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) analyse the decision.
 
Simon Whitehead and Sarah Tulip (Joseph Hage Aaronson) consider the  implications, and legality, of the new 25% tax on transfers to pensions outside the UK.
 
Karen Killington and Philippe Gamito (KPMG) consider the implications of the advocate general’s opinion in DNB Banka and Aviva, both for the UK and across the EU.
 

Sarah Halsted (BDO) provides an updated guide to the VAT standard rates and compliance thresholds across the EU.

Peter Dylewski and Philippe Gamito (KPMG) considers the implications of the AG ruling in Commission v Luxembourg and the future availability of the cost sharing group exemption in the UK and other member states.

Etienne Wong (Old Square Tax Chambers) considers the state of VAT bad debt relief in the UK and its relationship to EU law in the light of the recent Court of Appeal judgment in HMRC v GMAC.
 
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