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Another case that caught our eye: 14 February 2025
Reasonable excuse and reliance on third party: In Xcel Consult Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 96 (TC) (30 January), the taxpayer was arguing that she had a reasonable excuse defence in her appeal against a VAT surcharge because she had relied on her...
Tax, memory and the written record: revisiting Gestmin
Gerald Montagu
Elmira Jazottes
Gerald Montagu and Elmira Jazottes (Gide Loyrette Nouel) consider the importance of the evolving science of memory in tax.
The VAT review for November 2024
Jo Crookshank
Gary Barnett
HMRC have set out their expectations for taxpayer VAT compliance processes
and procedures. This and other recent developments in VAT are examined by
Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons).
10 questions on Uncertain Tax Treatment
Abigail McGregor
Steven Porter
Steven Porter and Abigail McGregor (Pinsent Masons) consider the UTT
regime after two years of operation.
HMRC’s guidance: what is it good for?
Jack Slater
Sarah Ling
HMRC’s guidance is often of limited value in a taxpayer dispute, and there is an increasing trend of HMRC ‘clarifying’ guidance, sometimes with purported retrospective effect. What then is it good for, ask Sarah Ling and Jack Slater (Macfarlanes).
What is the UK tax treatment of Dubai (DIFC) Foundations?
Will Timbrell
Kyra Motley
There is no equivalent to a Foundation registered with the Dubai International
Finance Centre Registrar of Companies under English law. How then should
they be treated for UK tax purposes? Kyra Motley and Will Timbrell
(Boodle Hatfield) investigate.
Green and pleasant land? VAT and Natural Capital
Joshua Stevens
Brigitte Potts
Brigitte Potts (Evelyn Partners) and Joshua Stevens (Pump Court Tax
Chambers) consider the VAT implications of credits or biodiversity units in
tackling climate change.
US limited liability corporations: updated HMRC guidance
Sebastian Prichard Jones
Andrew Crozier
HMRC’s updated guidance on the treatment of profits arising within, and
distributions from, US LLCs is unsatisfactory in a number of respects, write
Sebastian Prichard Jones and Andrew Crozier (Macfarlanes).
Tax and the City review for January 2024
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
Consultation responses to the VAT treatment of fund management services,
Euromoney
on the purpose test, recent developments on Pillar Two, and a report on the tax contribution of the UK banking sector are examined by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
Tax and the City review for November 2023
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
Target Group
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Vermilion
and changes to HMRC’s guidance on the double tax
treaty passport scheme are among the developments examined by Mike Lane
and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
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Victoria Hine
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Kyle Rainsford
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Cross-border group relief: Lloyds tripped up by the ‘main purpose’ hurdle
Gerald Montagu
2 /7
Helping vulnerable individuals: a guide for tax professionals
Chris Holmes
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Dawn Register
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A ‘significant’ change in approach? Reflections on the Court of Appeal’s decision in BlueCrest
David Haworth
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David Haughey
4 /7
ScottishPower and the limits of von Glehn
Rupert Shiers
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Suzanne Hill
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Enhancing UK tax policy: how to stimulate business investment and economic growth
Donald Simpson
6 /7
Buckle up your seatbelts: why 2025 will be a bumpy ride for US tax policy
Donald L Korb
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Andrew Solomon
7 /7
RBC: from the island of literal interpretation to the continental shelf
Victoria Hine
,
Kyle Rainsford
Cross-border group relief: Lloyds tripped up by the ‘main purpose’ hurdle
Gerald Montagu
Helping vulnerable individuals: a guide for tax professionals
Chris Holmes
,
Dawn Register
A ‘significant’ change in approach? Reflections on the Court of Appeal’s decision in BlueCrest
David Haworth
,
David Haughey
ScottishPower and the limits of von Glehn
Rupert Shiers
,
Suzanne Hill
Enhancing UK tax policy: how to stimulate business investment and economic growth
Donald Simpson
Buckle up your seatbelts: why 2025 will be a bumpy ride for US tax policy
Donald L Korb
,
Andrew Solomon
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PD & MJ Ltd v HMRC
LR R&D LLP v HMRC
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Orsted West of Duddon Sands (UK) Ltd and others v HMRC
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When is 20% not 20%?
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Orsted West of Duddon Sands (UK) Ltd and others v HMRC
Concerns remain over Making Tax Digital
HMRC closing in on tax avoidance (again)
V Louwman v HMRC
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