Freedom of information and legal professional privilege (LPP): Anybody considering making a FOI request in relation to tax matters will find much of interest in the tribunal’s approach to this issue in A Davis v Information Commissioner [2024] UKFTT...
Bonus arrangements were fully taxable: Lynx Forecourt Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 278 (TC) (27 March 2024) is an appeal that relates to bonus arrangements put in place as far back as 2003. They were designed to exploit the rules which existed at the...
Recent decisions on mixed use SDLT, taxpayer behaviour and the meaning of ‘service’ under the remittance basis rules are reviewed by Edward Reed and Sam Epstein (Macfarlanes).
Michael Ridsdale and Gemma Williams (Wedlake Bell) illustrate how to ensure certainty of tax treatment on the structuring of a residential property development.
Application to be joined as a party: The APP Accounting Group Ltd v Uberdev Ltd and another [2024] UKFTT 100 (TC) (25 January) is a case management decision in which the FTT allowed an application for a third party (TAAG) to be added to an appeal as...
BADR and trusts:Trustees of the Peter Buckley Settlement v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 29 (TC) (4 January 2024) emphasises an important point about business asset disposal relief and trusts. A trust can obtain relief on a disposal of a qualifying asset (in...
VAT exemption on subscription fees: Where an organisation has aims of a philosophical, philanthropic or civic nature, subscription fees paid to it by its members are exempt from VAT. How does this rule apply to subscriptions paid by members to the...
