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New anti-avoidance legislation: the liquidation of LLPs
Victoria Braid
Gideon Sanitt
The changes to the taxation treatment of LLPs upon liquidation are symptomatic of an increasing focus on the taxation of LLPs, write Gideon Sanitt and Victoria Braid (Macfarlanes).
The Upper Tribunal’s ruling in Gould on interim dividends
Aiden Hepworth
Dominic Stuttaford
Dominic Stuttaford and Aiden Hepworth (Norton Rose Fulbright) assess the
practical impact of the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Gould.
VAT on private school fees: 10 takeaways
Etienne Wong
Etienne Wong (Old Square Tax Chambers) provides a guide to the key points
from the Labour government’s introduction of VAT on private school fees.
Misunderstanding purpose in Osmond and Allen
Thomas Chacko
The First-tier Tribunal’s ruling in Osmond and Allen reveals a mistaken approach to the transactions in securities rules, and to purpose tests in general, writes Thomas Chacko (Pump Court Tax Chambers).
The post-election (anti-avoidance) enforcement landscape
Ross Birkbeck
With an estimated tax gap of some £36bn, Labour does seem to be taking enforcement seriously, writes Ross Birkbeck (Old Square Tax Chambers).
Sehgal and the application of the remittance basis
Oliver Marre
Just as we contemplate the demise of the remittance basis, Oliver Marre
(5 Stone Buildings) examines the first Upper Tribunal decision on a key
provision on those rules.
Tax and the City review for April 2024
Mike Lane
Zoe Andrews
Recent decisions on intra-group VAT services, loan relationship debits and
distributions from non-UK resident company are examined by Mike Lane
and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
Arguments before the Court of Appeal in BlackRock: is ‘just and reasonable’ a second bite of the cherry?
Neil Fletcher
Neil Fletcher (Alvarez & Marsal) discusses the implications of the decision for taxpayers where this is an obvious commercial purpose and a tax advantage.
Tax and the Supreme Court in 2023
Constantine Christofi
The Supreme Court does strive to find a workable and straightforward interpretation of the law, writes Constantine Christofi (
EY).
Tax controversy in 2023: has inflation of taxing provisions been tamed?
Ravi Ahlawat
Jason Collins
Have HMRC been pushing their interpretation of tax legislation too far? Jason Collins and Ravikaran Ahlawat (DLA Piper) look at lessons from some of this year’s key judgments.
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Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
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Burlington: towards an international fiscal meaning of ‘main purpose’
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Is a loan earnings? Revisiting Rangers
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