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IN BRIEF

Views on recent developments in tax.

The chancellor announced a rebalancing of the rates for R&D tax relief in an effort to ensure that taxpayer support is as effective as possible - but small, loss-making businesses will be hit hard.

A fundamental misconception lies at the heart of some of the Commission’s fiscal state aid rulings.
Could an excepted group life policy give employees more peace of mind?
Would a new windfall tax be counter-productive?
The obscure tax that nobody was supposed to pay – and why we should raise £200m of tax by increasing it.
Examining the structure of the proposed Alcohol Duty Act and the prospect of a simplified ‘drinks factory’.
HMRC is proposing to withdraw certain statistics relating to income tax at a time when we need them most.

The hidden headline in the latest HMRC R&D tax credit statistics.

A road to SDLT reduction?
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