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Geoff Lloyd and Dan White (EY) examine recent court decisions which tend to favour HMRC’s application of the FN and APN provisions.
 
Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) talks to HMRC’s Jim Harra about Brexit, the department’s services for large businesses and its approach to dispute resolution.
 
HMRC is consulting on amending its civil information powers. Dawn Register and Helen Adams (BDO) examine what’s proposed.
 

Four recent commentaries examine different aspects of the tax compliance landscape.

     

    Chris Sanger (EY) examines the recent HMRC report on the tax gap.

    Kate Ison (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner) reviews the department’s strategy.

    HMRC is accused of an ‘all of nothing’ approach to disputes. Andrew Goodall reports findings from Tax Journal’s recent practitioner survey.
     

    It seems the definition of what is an establishment is being gradually extended for political purposes, writes Eloise Walker (Pinsent Masons).

    Jason Collins and Stuart Walsh (Pinsent Masons) review a recent tribunal case which highlights the practical difficulties of asserting legal privilege where the taxpayer has to explain their motivations behind a transaction.
     
    HMRC is revisiting the way it risk assesses businesses. Lucy Sauvage and Laura Harper (BDO) consider practical issues for those affected.
     
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