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ANALYSIS

Cutting edge analysis on tax issues.

Zoe Andrews and Nadia Hourihan (Slaughter and May) offer a whirlwind review of 2025’s tax highlights and curiosities.
Jeremy Mindell (Primondell) puts the current chancellor in historical context, showing how past economic inheritances have shaped tax policy.
Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) praises greater HMRC transparency while warning of deepening fiscal drag and policy inconsistency.
This year has been a roller-coaster, writes Stuart Maggs (Howes Percival).
Jennifer Tragner (S&W) considers an unsettled year for R&D reliefs, where transitional rules, evolving guidance and emerging AI questions kept advisers busy despite few new policy changes.
Rachel de Souza (RSM UK) charts a tumultuous year for international private clients, as sweeping changes to domicile, offshore trusts and IHT prompted unprecedented restructuring – and, for some, departure from the UK.
Jenny Doak (Paul Hastings) contrasts a year of relative domestic stability with international upheaval.
David Yates KC (Pump Court Tax Chambers) reflects on a year marked by unpredictable litigation, shifting private client rules and the evolving realities of practice at the Tax Bar.
Adam Craggs & Liam McKay (RPC) report a year marked by tighter procedural frameworks, clarifying case law and an intensified HMRC focus on both avoidance and criminal activity.
Philippe Gamito (Baker McKenzie) examines a year of significant VAT case law, from transfer pricing adjustments and debt-collection boundaries to the evolving scope of insurance and credit intermediation.
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