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Views on recent developments in tax.

Offshore property companies should prepare for the April 2020 switch from income tax to corporation tax in respect of their UK property income.

Yields from transfer pricing enquiries have continued to grow exponentially since a low point in 2014/15, with the 2017/18 yield of £1,682m being over twice that of 2014/15, and three times that of 2012/13. It is also taking longer than at any time...
In this new regular column, Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) provides an expert view on a tax issue which made the headlines in the national press. The first topic under review – how much tax should Amazon pay?
 

Justine Riccomini considers what might happen to timing of the draft Scottish Budget this year as a result of Brexit negotiations.

Official statistics published this week on HMRC’s transfer pricing and diverted profits tax (DPT) activity show that HMRC’s increasing international focus has been effective in achieving its intended results. The statistics highlight the sustained increase in the risks faced by multinational corporate groups dealing with the complex and ever changing international tax environment.

The Supreme Court's decision in Taylor Clark Leisure is important news for those considering who is entitled to submit a claim on behalf of a VAT group that has overpaid its VAT.

Draft legislation for Finance Bill 2019 sets out that changes to cars and vans under salary sacrifice are due to 'an oversight'.

The draft Finance Bill 2019 contains provisions for a complete overhaul of the penalties systems. If implemented, it will, from a date yet to be announced, introduce penalties for the late payment of corporation tax. In addition, there would be a single penalty system for all the main taxes (income tax, capital gains tax, VAT and corporation tax).

HMRC is consulting on changes to the powers which it has to obtain documents from third parties, such as banks, when investigating somebody's tax affairs. The proposals have generated much adverse comment in the media because they would remove safeguards which currently exist to prevent HMRC from using its powers indiscriminately.

The First-tier Tribunal has not taken a consistent approach in deciding whether or not there is a reasonable excuse for non-resident capital gains tax (NRCGT) being filed late.

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