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Views on recent developments in tax.

George Bull

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Andrew Hubbard

While at one time it may have been socially acceptable to be seen to be diddling the taxman, paying high rates of tax is now seen as a badge of honour with the top taxpayers being feted for their contributions to the exchequer.

The rules contain a welcome disparity for corporate investors, as Sean Maxwell (Tolley) explains.

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Richard Asquith

The £4bn import to VAT law in event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.

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Sean Randall

First-time buyers of new-build apartments suffer.

A recent Court of Appeal decision highlights the inheritance tax risks of transfers between pension schemes when in ill health, write Nicholas Harries, Robin Vos and Alice Ogden (Macfarlanes).

David Whiscombe

Is it careless to agree with a tribunal?

Through policy change after policy change, the construction sector has been hit with changes to tax administration over and above other organisations. Is the line between housebuilder or construction firm and tax collector beginning to blur?

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Heather Self

Heather Self examines some of the tax issues to make the headlines in the national press. This week, ‘Britain’s worst tax Scrooges’.

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Ceinwen Rees

Will the EU blacklist the USA?

WTO law does not generally prevent WTO members from adopting new tax measures which depart from the norm.

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Freedom (of information) is a noble thing: HMRC, tax and the limits of transparency

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Hotel La Tour: where next for input tax recovery on share disposals?

Rupert Shiers , Laura Hodgson

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Mandatory agent registration: what we know so far

Jane Mellor

Permanent Establishment reform: what has changed, who is affected and why does it matter?

Permanent Establishment reform: what has changed, who is affected and why does it matter?

Rob Sharpe , Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann

The Pillar Two Side-by-Side package: how UK groups should approach compliance

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