A survey of senior in-house tax experts, by Tax Journal in association with FTI Consulting, assesses the initial impact of the OECD’s recommendations on tackling base erosion and profit shifting.
Mark Middleditch (Allen & Overy) examines the themes that have dominated 2016 for the City, including the anti-hybrid rules brought on by the UK’s enthusiasm for BEPS, and looks at 2016’s case law, which shows that HMRC continues its run of success in defeating tax avoidance schemes.
A non-confidential version of the Commission’s ‘McDonald’s’ decision has been published, reports Pierre-Régis Dukmedjian & Alejandro Dominguez (Simmons & Simmons Luxembourg LLP).
James Quarmby argues that strict liability offences for tax evasion have no place in our legal system.
Tori Magill and Anne-Marie Ottaway (Pinsent Masons) look at the recent controversy and the fine lines between tax planning, avoidance and evasion.
HMRC is consulting until 30 June 2016 on the draft Corporation Tax (Treatment of Unrelieved Surplus ACT) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, which make consequential amendments to the shadow ACT rules, to reflect the abolition of the dividend tax credit and the repeal of the term ‘franked investment in
Is there a sleight of hand, asks Eloise Walker (Pinsent Masons).