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Cutting edge analysis on tax issues.

Legal advice privilege (LAP) remains a vital right for taxpayers, but its boundaries are far from settled. Jason Collins and Lauren Redhead (DLA Piper) examine LAP in a tax context, including the recent decision in Aabar v Glencore which extends privilege to intra-client group communications.
The starting point Under Rule 27 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules, SI 2009/273 (as amended) (the FTT rules), each party in standard or complex cases need only provide the other with a list of documents...
Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) analyses HMRC’s latest tax gap figures, and explains why annual comparisons can mislead and why compliance activity alone will not close the gap.
In this month’s update, Tim Sarson (KPMG) tracks the EU Tax Omnibus and DAC recast proposals, Dutch Box 3 reform and digital services tax debate, noting the political barriers to implementation.
A detailed report by Lexis+® UK Tax, with additional practitioner insight.
Closing a hole that became bigger than expected.
An affectionate farewell to an ancient tax – and a group relief question its replacement is yet to answer.
Another procedural layer bolted onto an already intricate system.
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