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Seven lessons from Clipperton
Oliver Marre
A recent tribunal decision provides lessons on the settlement provisions,
Ramsay
and piercing the corporate veil, writes barrister Oliver Marre
(5 Stone Buildings).
BlackRock and unallowable purpose
Heather Self
A recent tribunal decision on whether the taxpayer had an unallowable
purpose is likely to be of wide application, as Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg)
explains. But was it correctly decided?
Contentious tax: quarterly review
Constantine Christofi
Adam Craggs
Recent trends in the contentious tax world, by Adam Craggs and Constantine Christofi (RPC).
Davies: transfer of assets abroad
The tax avoidance anomaly.
Self's assessment: how do we stop the rogue promoters?
Heather Self
A call for action to help tackle the promotion of disguised remuneration avoidance schemes.
Standards in tax: the influence of economics and politics on tax policy and tax professionals
Steve Edge
Steve Edge (Slaughter and May) discusses the competing objectives of
policymakers, advisers and taxpayers.
DAC 6: six types of ambiguity
Elinor Boote
Dominic Lawrance
Dominic Lawrance and Elinor Boote (Charles Russell Speechlys) discuss the uncertainty of the reporting requirements and the potentially serious regulatory burdens for tax professionals dealing with international matters.
Private client review for April 2020
Moustapha Hammoud
Andrew Goldstone
Andrew Goldstone and Moustapha Hammoud (Mishcon de Reya) provide a
monthly update.
Notifying HMRC of uncertain tax treatments: transparency or confusion?
Matthew Greene
Ian Hyde
Ian Hyde and Matthew Greene (Osborne Clarke) examine the government’s plans to require large businesses to notify HMRC of uncertain tax treatments they have adopted after April 2021.
Transactions in securities: the motive test
Peter Vaines
Brebner
confirmed.
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,
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,
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