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Cutting edge analysis on tax issues.

A detailed summary of the Autumn Statement 2015.

Favourable borrowing forecasts give chancellor some wiggle room, writes John Hawksworth (PwC).

The Autumn Statement was mercifully light on new measures to tackle avoidance and evasion, writes Jason Collins (Pinsent Masons).

On the face of it, the Autumn Statement contains very little in the way of tax changes relevant to owner-managed businesses, but the small print promises an ominous sounding consultation on changes to the rules for company distributions, writes David Whiscombe (BKL Tax).

There is a sense of relief that CGT and IHT were not targeted to the extent that many practitioners had predicted, writes Lynne Rowland (Kingston Smith).

The Autumn Statement contained few surprises for multinationals bar the new apprenticeship levy, writes Mike Lane (Slaughter and May).

Chris Sanger (EY) answers questions on the Autumn Statement 2015 and takes a look at the winners and losers.
 

Paul Aplin (A C Mole & Sons) believes that HMRC's requirement for businesses to report quarterly digital tax accounts contradicts its aim of reducing the costs of tax administration by £400 million by the end of 2019/20 and demonstrates a lack of understanding of how small businesses operate.

Chris Morgan (KPMG) provides your monthly round-up of tax developments in the international arena.

The Advocate General for Scotland v Murray Group Holdings Ltd [2015] CSIH 77 (reported in Tax Journal, 13 November) has rightly generated a great deal of interest, but there does not seem to be a consensus on exactly what it decided and what the implications are.
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