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ANALYSIS

Cutting edge analysis on tax issues.

From a review of recent costs decisions, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the FTT can be guilty of inconsistency and results-led reasoning when exercising its jurisdiction in relation to costs orders, write Adam Craggs and Harry Smith (RPC). 
A couple of taxpayer victories concerning the income tax treatment of dividends are among the developments reviewed by Edward Reed and Andy Carruthers (Macfarlanes).
HMRC has extended its losing streak against law firms that take leases through a subsidiary company. Chris Nyland (Scammell & Nyland) explores why HMRC keeps attacking the same structure, and how better to ensure that it doesn’t win.
This month’s round-up, by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).

The stability of the Scottish Budget appearing in its ‘normal’ timeslot was balanced by some fairly radical departures from UK tax policy, write Isobel d’Inverno and Alan Barr (Brodies). 

Emily Clark and Ian Zeider (Travers Smith) analyse the government’s recently published consultation.
Experts at Macfarlanes provide their opinions on the coming year.
Brexit and BEPS will continue to dominate the corporate agenda in 2023.
The government faces the trickiest of balancing acts.
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