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 (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Frank) argues that HMRC’s proposed expansion of the UTT regime is the wrong answer to the wrong question, and should be withdrawn.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 (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.
Consultant Jihao Zhang works through eight scenarios for offshore trusts under the new long-term residence test, covering living and deceased settlors, the IHT tail, transitional protections and the £5m cap.
Ashley Greenbank (Devereux Chambers) considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in Muller, which raises important questions about the application of the CTA 2009 s 1259 deeming rule to partnership and LLP restructurings involving corporate members.
Gideon Sanitt, Wai Wan and Bahar Eken (Macfarlanes) explain why multinationals operating in the UK should expect a more demanding transfer pricing landscape.