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Too close for comfort? HMRC consult on a new reporting obligation for close companies
Rob Sharpe
Thomas Peet
Rob Sharpe and Thomas Peet (Cleary Gottlieb) examine HMRC’s proposals
to require close companies to report all transactions with participators,
assessing the likely compliance burden and unintended impact beyond small
businesses, particularly for private capital structures.
Private client review for May 2025
Sophie Dworetzsky
In this month’s review, Sophie Dworetzsky (Charles Russell Speechlys)
examines a case on distributions from an offshore company, a potentially farreaching
proposed change to the definition of permanent establishment and
the latest HMRC guidance.
Private client review for April 2025
Dominic Lawrance
Sophie Dworetzsky
They think it’s all over, it is now! Sophie Dworetzsky and Dominic Lawrance
(Charles Russell Speechlys) comment on the end of the remittance basis,
the ‘absolute mess’ that is the double remittance situation and a potentially
worrying change in HMRC’s view on the taxation of capital payments in
ancillary relief on divorce.
H Gwyn-Jones v HMRC
HMRC granted permission to amend their statement of case
Millennium Cash & Carry Ltd v HMRC
HMRC’s powers: Soft Drinks Levy
Impact Contracting Solutions Ltd v HMRC
HMRC’s power to deregister where VAT fraud
Navigating the protective assessment maze with Jeffries & Sons
Bryn Reynolds
Bryn Reynolds (Pinsent Masons) examines the recent
Jeffries
case which illustrates the potential taxpayer pitfalls surrounding protective assessments.
S Lefort v HMRC
Revocation of pension protection certificate.
EOTs: defending the indefensible or challenging the undefinable
David Alcock
Ritchie Tout
David Alcock (Anthony Collins Solicitors) and Ritchie Tout (Azets) explain
why these structures are increasingly under the spotlight.
At your disposal: conditionality under TCGA 1992 s 28
Rebekka Sandwell
Colin Askew
Rebekka Sandwell and Colin Askew (Eversheds Sutherland) consider the use of ‘conditional contracts’ in order to benefit from pre-Budget CGT rates.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Rights, influence and LLP member status after BlueCrest
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
,
Lauren Trask
1 /7
Let the light in: LLCs and other reverse hybrids
Matthew Rowbotham
2 /7
HFFX: the widening reach of miscellaneous income
Elena Rowlands
,
Tom Margesson
,
Ian Zeider
3 /7
Estoppel and abuse of process in VAT
Claire Logan
4 /7
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
Ahmed Mobasshir
5 /7
HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
Alan Rafferty
,
Jade Du Berry
,
Ollie Winters
6 /7
Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
7 /7
Rights, influence and LLP member status after BlueCrest
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
Let the light in: LLCs and other reverse hybrids
Matthew Rowbotham
HFFX: the widening reach of miscellaneous income
Elena Rowlands
,
Tom Margesson
Estoppel and abuse of process in VAT
Claire Logan
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
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VAT capital goods scheme changes
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Mandatory registration brought into force, eventually
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St Patrick’s International College Ltd and others v HMRC
M Lambourne and another v HMRC
HMRC v Align Technology Switzerland GmbH and another
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HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP
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Directors’ liability: tax schemes
BlueCrest: the impact for asset managers
When Ramsay does not rescue HMRC
Tax Update 2026: Plans to reform the income tax payment regime: a significant acceleration of ITSA tax liabilities
Tax Update 2026: Modernising the distributions framework: familiar routes for extracting value or reorganising companies may change
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BlueCrest: the impact for asset managers
HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP