LITIGATION

Jackie Wheaton answers a query on the tax treatment of legal costs of an out of court settlement.

Gareth Miles and Richard Jeens consider two recent developments that may affect how taxpayers with apparently similar disputes to others decide what course of action to take

Liesl Fichardt reports on findings from a recent survey examining industry views on the competitiveness of the UK tax regime, reputational risk, disputes and HMRC practices

By Kate Ison & Aude Delechat, tax dispute resolution team, Berwin Leighton Paisner

When considering whether to bring an appeal before the tribunals, reputational risk and taxpayer confidentiality are increasingly likely to be at the forefront of taxpayers’ minds. Liesl Fichardt and Robert Sharpe examine how such risks may be mitigated.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) conducted a hearing into HMRC’s annual report and accounts for 2012/13 on Monday. During the often quite heated exchange, Edward Troup, HMRC’s tax assurance commissioner, told the PAC that the tax recovered from a...

Who could be caught by reform proposals on ‘high-risk promoters’? Jonathan Levy considers the likely impact of HMRC’s latest consultation.

The recently published tax assurance commissioner’s report trumpets HMRC’s recent avoidance litigation successes, but with £5bn of new avoidance being added to the tax gap each year, does the department have the right strategy, asks Jason Collins

Findings from the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs in its report, Tackling tax avoidance in a global economy: is a new approach needed?

David Gauke, exchequer secretary to the Treasury, announced that ‘HMRC has topped £1bn this year in court wins against corporate tax avoidance, following a judgment worth almost £88m, involving a company called Vocalspruce and a scheme promoted by PwC’.