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Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
Ashley Greenbank (Devereux Chambers) considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in Muller, which raises important questions about the application of the CTA 2009 s 1259 deeming rule to partnership and LLP restructurings involving corporate members.
Deductions after AD Bly: a shortcut for remuneration or pension provision?
Aparna Nathan
The Court of Appeal has clarified when remuneration and pension provision will satisfy the ‘wholly and exclusively’ test – and when a tax avoidance purpose will defeat a deduction, writes Aparna Nathan KC (Devereux Chambers).
Tax and the City review for November 2025
Mike Lane
Zoe Andrews
The latest developments that matter, reported by Mike Lane and
Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
Management expenses: HMRC’s new nudge campaign
Anna Lucey
Constantine Christofi
HMRC’s nudge campaign signals a broader challenge to deductibility under
CTA 2009 s 1219, write Anna Lucey and Constantine Christofi (EY).
Close encounters with close companies (part 1): definitions and concepts
Hannah Manning
Ross McGregor
In the first of two articles examining the close companies rules, Hannah
Manning and Ross McGregor (Travers Smith) explain why it should not be
assumed that a company is not close without looking carefully at the relevant
legislation.
FA 2025 review: The loans to participators regime no more (re)paying your way
Hugh Gunson
With all the publicity that has surrounded other parts of FA 2025, practitioners could be forgiven for having missed the changes to the loans to participators regime tucked away in s 81. The rules: The ‘loans to participators’ rules in...
Centrica Energy Storage Ltd v HMRC
Profits arose from oil extraction activities
UK Care No. 1 Ltd v HMRC
Scope and operation of the ‘imported loss’ restriction in CTA 2009 s 327 for loan relationships
Ask an expert: The BPR dilemma: IHT funding challenges for family-controlled businesses
Ellen Wildig
Sarah Ling
Sarah Ling and Ellen Wildig (Macfarlanes) explore the wider impact
for family-controlled businesses of the upcoming reforms to business
property relief.
HMRC v Dolphin Drilling Ltd
Supreme Court ruling on oil contractor regime
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