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The Court of Appeal’s decision in Dolphin Drilling and consultation responses on the modernisation of transfer pricing, DPT and PEs are among the recent developments in this month’s review by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
The proposed reforms to the diverted profits tax would, if implemented, take some of the venom out of DPT’s ‘sting’, write Alex Jupp and Kara Heggs (Skadden).
In this month’s review, Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) consider the Court of Appeal decisions in Royal Bank of Canada and Civic Environmental Systems and the consultation on transfer pricing, DPT and permanent establishment. 
Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) examine recent decisions of interest and the latest transfer pricing and diverted profits tax statistics.
Craig Thomson (CSM Tax Consulting) and Jon Preshaw (Jon Preshaw Tax Ltd) examine a recent tribunal decision that provides useful guidance on HMRC information requests and closure notices in the context of DPT enquiries.
The 2019 loan charge teaches us that there is more to statutory time limits than the technical analysis, write Richard Jeens and Rose Swaffield (Slaughter and May). 
 

Official statistics published this week on HMRC’s transfer pricing and diverted profits tax (DPT) activity show that HMRC’s increasing international focus has been effective in achieving its intended results. The statistics highlight the sustained increase in the risks faced by multinational corporate groups dealing with the complex and ever changing international tax environment.

Richard Jeens (Slaughter and May) reviews a busy year for tax disputes, both in terms of the scale and number of DPT and transfer pricing enquiries and a number of significant court decisions.
 

Tax Journal commentaries on the UK's 'deeply political tax'.

Helen Buchanan and Sarah Bond (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) examine some common misconceptions regarding DPT and highlight important points for taxpayers to consider.

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