Issue 1414

Analysis

• The Court of Appeal restores legal professional privilege
• FTSE 100 split down the middle on the CFA
• International briefing for September 2018
• The puzzle of the new VAT voucher rules
• International tax reform: what will the future be?

In brief

• Costs disputes: time for procedural change?
• Labour’s inclusive ownership plan
• Self's assessment: class 2 or not class 2?

News

• ECON committee calls for EU digital services tax set at 5%
• Commission issues reasoned opinion to UK on customs duty fraud
• Road fuel scale charges
• ECON committee amends definitive EU VAT system proposals
• ECON committee amends VAT reduced rates proposal
• EU VAT gap fell slightly in 2016
• Saudi Arabia signs BEPS multilateral instrument on tax treaties
• Shadow chancellor pushes Fair Tax Mark
• HMRC publishes new Welsh taxpayer technical guidance
• New HMRC guidance

Cases

• Quarterly review of tax cases: Autumn 2018

One minute with

• One minute with... Prabhu Narasimhan