Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) take a look at recent developments affecting the City.
Peter Mason (Rosetta Tax), David Jordorson (Association of British Insurers) and Hamish Garnett (MetLife) review the recent Aspiro decision and assess its impact on UK insurance supply chains and insurance intermediary services generally.
Andrew Goldstone and Sarah Albury (Mishcon de Reya) review the latest developments that matter in the private client arena, including: HMRC’s hat trick of wins in cases against schemes promoted by NT Advisors; a consultation on VCTs; Lobler and rectification for the partial surrender of insurance policies; online filing of IHT accounts from August; and Tager and punitive tax-related penalties
Malcolm Pengelly answers a query on the tax treatment of commissions paid to or for the benefit of investors.