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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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Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
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Spare us the cUTTer
Nick Thornton
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PGMOL: where the FTT decision may be vulnerable on appeal
Rebecca Seeley Harris
3 /7
Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
4 /7
Burlington: towards an international fiscal meaning of ‘main purpose’
Kyle Rainsford
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Is a loan earnings? Revisiting Rangers
Dominic Stuttaford
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Katharine Wadia
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Qualifying Asset Holding Companies: don’t let your ‘kwæk’ end up in the ‘kæk’
Nick Thornton
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Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
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
Burlington: towards an international fiscal meaning of ‘main purpose’
Kyle Rainsford
Is a loan earnings? Revisiting Rangers
Dominic Stuttaford
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Katharine Wadia
Qualifying Asset Holding Companies: don’t let your ‘kwæk’ end up in the ‘kæk’
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New HMRC manual on Mandatory Registration of Tax Advisers
New Advance Tax Certainty Manual
HMRC relax ERS reporting for short-term business visitors
HMRC update SP 1/2001
VAT Notice 742A clarification
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Bagshaw Ltd v Revenue Scotland
HMRC v Healthspan Ltd
Other cases that caught our eye: 5 June 2026
Queenscourt Ltd v HMRC
Re Waldorf Production UK plc
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Krason: careless conduct
IHT replacement property relief restrictions
HMRC clarify CIS financing positions
TP adjustments and VAT: lessons from Stellantis Portugal
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