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The chancellor attempts to KIC-start investment in the high-tech sector.

The Budget was a low-key affair for private clients, perhaps the quietest for over a decade.

Charlotte Barbour and Justine Riccomini (ICAS) examine the practical issues around devolved taxation ahead of the Scottish Budget on 14 December.
 
Sam Mitha CBE interviews HMRC’s executive chairman, Edward Troup, on some of the key issues facing the department.
 
Philip Hammond is under pressure to announce a significant increase in spending in his 22 November Budget. He will seek to ensure that any rise is matched by additional revenues, as David Smith reports.
 
What is ‘conspicuously unfair’? The Court of Appeal disagrees with Whipple J, but Michael Sherry (Temple Tax) thinks it was unfair.
 
Claire Hooper (EY) reviews the draft provisions for inclusion in Finance Bill 2018, which is open for consultation until 25 October 2017.
 

Sam Mitha CBE (formerly of HMRC) considers the increasing automation in the workplace and its impact on government revenues from the loss of personal taxes, and reviews the possible solutions to the problem.

Donald L. Korb and Andrew Solomon (Sullivan & Cromwell) examine the prospects of the Republican party’s attempt to reform the US tax code.
 

Sam Mitha CBE believes that the government will have to use tax policy to safeguard the economy and jobs.

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