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Elyse Waller and Davinder Sahota (EY) review an Upper Tribunal ruling that provides insight on a term used in numerous places in the tax legislation, as well as demonstrating the importance of witness evidence.
Kyle Rainsford (Norton Rose Fulbright) examines the first UK case about the interpretation of a purpose rule in a double tax treaty which extends the recent approach of Blackrock HoldCo 5 to the international fiscal arena.
Proposed changes to the CGT rules on transfers of property between separating spouses and a tribunal decision on information notices are among the developments reviewed by Edward Reed and Clare Wilson (Macfarlanes).
We should grasp the opportunity to create a stable, coherent, simpler and fair tax system, argues David Martin (formerly Herbert Smith).
Matthew Greene and Frances Lewis (Osborne Clarke) examine HMRC’s victory before the tribunal in the K5K case.
The Court of Appeal’s decision brings refreshed simplicity to a tortured area of the law, write Joshua Carey and Sam Way (Devereux Chambers). 
Matthew Mortimer and Kirsten Hunt (Mayer Brown) explain how the corporate interest restriction regime applies to UK acquisition finance transactions. Straightforward it is not.
Jonathan Hickman (BDO) takes a look at the possible tax proposals that were discussed by Liz Truss during her campaign trail.
The Upper Tribunal decisions in Altrad Services, BlackRock and Euromoney are examined by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
Given the current restrictions on participation in the pilot programme, the timescale for launching MTD for income tax is now very challenging, writes Paul Aplin OBE.
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