Tax Journal

Nick Wright

Nick Wright (Jerroms Miller) considers how the new close company reporting regime changes the risk profile for alphabet shares, dividend planning and employee share arrangements in owner-managed businesses.

Waqar Shah

HMRC have indicated that they intend to update their litigation and settlement policy later this year. Waqar Shah (Kingsley Napley) considers why the policy is ripe for change.

Kyle Rainsford

What happens when tax planning appears to exploit a loophole? Kyle Rainsford (Addleshaw Goddard) reviews the courts’ anti-avoidance toolkit following the HC-One SDLT ruling.

Alice Martin, Elena Dunn, Carolyn Steppler

Alice Martin, Elena Dunn and Carolyn Steppler (Charles Russell Speechlys) consider the UK tax and practical risks arising from offshore trust loans, including unexpected IHT exposure, settlor charges and the consequences of irrecoverable debts.

Tim Sarson

Tim Sarson (KPMG) reviews fresh OECD Pillar Two guidance, the CJEU’s latest VAT and Transfer Pricing decision, growing interest in Digital Services Taxes and Canada’s delayed implementation of the Under-Taxed Profits Rule.

Ben Elliott

Louis Triggs

Ben Elliott and Louis Triggs (Pump Court Tax Chambers) set out the three conditions for invoking the Inco principle, the factors that determine its application in practice, and the role it may play as Brexit-era drafting and rapid legislative change generate more disputes.

Nick Thornton

Nick Thornton (Fried Frank) argues that HMRC’s proposed expansion of the UTT regime is the wrong answer to the wrong question, and should be withdrawn.

Andrew Hawley

Andrew Hawley (Crowe UK) weighs the trade-off in HMRC’s CT return reforms: fewer routine ‘what does this mean?’ enquiries on the one hand, more targeted scrutiny of complex and subjective positions on the other.