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David Haworth and David Haughey (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) review the implications of the FTT’s decision for those advising on partnership equity/incentivisation arrangements or on mixed member partnership arrangements.
Disputes over partnerships, goodwill, distributions and VAT were among some of this year’s key points of interest for SMEs, writes David Whiscombe (BKL).
Dame Sarah Falk talks to Anthony Inglese CB about her progression from life as a tax practitioner to becoming a senior member of the judiciary.
The SDLT partnerships rules are complex, with many areas of uncertainty. Adam Kay and Susan Dennis (Saffery) review some of the traps to be aware of.
Gregory Price and Lucy Urwin (Macfarlanes) discuss the challenges of dealing with LLPs in the context of M&A and group reorganisations in light of recent case law.
Can it really be right that the taxability (or not) of a receipt can be determined by the partnership, with the recipient partner having no right to object? David Whiscombe (David Whiscombe LLP) discusses a tribunal decision that considered for the first time the scope of TMA 1970 s 12ABZB.
HMRC has extended its losing streak against law firms that take leases through a subsidiary company. Chris Nyland (Scammell & Nyland) explores why HMRC keeps attacking the same structure, and how better to ensure that it doesn’t win.
Andrew Howard (Ropes & Gray) examines two Upper Tribunal decisions that go to the heart of the taxation of partnership income.
The result of the BlueCrest appeal represents a good outcome for many businesses structured as LLPs, write Amanda Hardy QC and Oliver Marre (5 Stone Buildings). 
Matthew Shayle (Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove) highlights a UK tax trap for Guernsey law limited partnerships.
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