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Queenscourt: a dip in legal certainty
Fabian Barth
James Hurst
Fabian Barth and James Hurst (Johnston Carmichael) consider the implications for single and multiple supplies and legitimate expectation arguments.
Disregarding SRT days: common sense prevails in Parker
Emily Osborne
‘A victory for common sense’. Emily Osborne (Fladgate) reviews an FTT decision on exceptional circumstances and transit days under the Statutory Residence Test.
Sintra, Hall and the reshaping of HMRC’s burden of proof
Julius Konstantin Berling
Liesl Fichardt
Emily Au
Who proves what? Liesl Fichardt, Emily Au and Julius Konstantin Berling (Quinn Emanuel) set out how penalty appeals now divide the burden between HMRC and the taxpayer – and why the line between the two is far from settled.
Tax and the City for June 2026
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) cover the Chancellor’s move to make the foreign PE exemption mandatory, alongside Take 3.9 on film tax relief and the trap of mistaking motive for purpose.
Referees win the re-match: what does PGMOL mean for employment status?
Georgia Hicks
Following the remitted PGMOL decision, barrister Georgia Hicks (Devereux
Chambers) explores where the employment status battleground now lies, and
why the third stage of the RMC test has become more important than ever.
The VAT review for June 2026
Katie Oliver
Gary Barnett
This month’s review by Katie Oliver and Gary Barnett (Simmons &
Simmons) covers VAT and transfer pricing after Stellantis Portugal, input tax
repayment disputes and a reminder that overcharged VAT cannot normally be
reclaimed directly from HMRC by the customer.
Loopholes and tax avoidance
Kyle Rainsford
What happens when tax planning appears to exploit a loophole? Kyle Rainsford (Addleshaw Goddard) reviews the courts’ anti-avoidance toolkit following the HC-One SDLT ruling.
Employment status in regulated sectors: key takeaways from PGMOL
Amelia Roffey
Henry Bennett-Gough
Stage three of the RMC test is where the real action now lies, writes Henry Bennett-Gough (Simmons & Simmons).
PGMOL: where the FTT decision may be vulnerable on appeal
Rebecca Seeley Harris
Rebecca Seeley Harris (Re Legal Consulting) examines the potential grounds on which HMRC could appeal the judgment.
Burlington: towards an international fiscal meaning of ‘main purpose’
Kyle Rainsford
Kyle Rainsford (Addleshaw Goddard) analyses the Court of Appeal’s reasoning on treaty abuse, ‘taking advantage’ and the future interpretation of principal purpose tests.
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EDITOR'S PICK
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
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Ahmed Mobasshir
1 /7
HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
Alan Rafferty
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Jade Du Berry
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Ollie Winters
2 /7
Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
3 /7
Loopholes and tax avoidance
Kyle Rainsford
4 /7
Spare us the cUTTer
Nick Thornton
5 /7
PGMOL: where the FTT decision may be vulnerable on appeal
Rebecca Seeley Harris
6 /7
Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
7 /7
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
Ahmed Mobasshir
HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
Alan Rafferty
,
Jade Du Berry
Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
Loopholes and tax avoidance
Kyle Rainsford
Spare us the cUTTer
Nick Thornton
PGMOL: where the FTT decision may be vulnerable on appeal
Rebecca Seeley Harris
Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
NEWS
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Tax Update 2026: government publishes simplification and compliance package
HMRC asked to clarify CIS treatment of development finance
HMRC Transfer Pricing and Profit Diversion Compliance Facility
ICTS consultation
UK-India Double Contributions Convention arrangements extended
CASES
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HMRC v HFFX LLP; Atkins and others v HMRC
The Trustees of the Panico Panayi Accumulation and Maintenance Settlements Nos. 1 to 4 v HMRC and Redevco Properties UK 1 Ltd v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 26 June 2026
HMRC v Bolt Services UK Ltd
Barclays Bank plc v HMRC
IN BRIEF
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Foreign PE exemption becoming mandatory
Solving the LLC double taxation problem
AI in R&D advisory: seven control points
Information notices
Management rollovers and share-for-share exchange relief
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Solving the LLC double taxation problem
Consultation tracker
Foreign PE exemption becoming mandatory
HMRC v GCH Corporation Ltd and others
HMRC consult on taxation of UK-resident members of LLCs and other ‘reverse hybrids’