Market leading insight for tax experts
Subscribe
Home
Saved articles
Viewed articles
Login
Logout
E-newsletter
Advertise
About us
Help
View online issue
BROWSE BY TOPIC
Corporate Taxes
Compliance
Corporation tax
DPT
Groups
Transactional tax
Employment taxes
Employment taxes
Termination payments
Indirect Taxes
Customs & Excise duties
Environmental taxes
IPT
VAT
International Taxes
BEPS
CFCs
Cross border
Double tax relief
Foreign profits
Residence
Transfer pricing
UK competitiveness
Withholding taxes
Private Business Taxes
OMBs
Partnerships
Private Client Taxes
CGT
IHT
Pensions & investments
Trusts & estates
Real Estate Taxes
Property taxes
REITs
Stamp Taxes
SDLT
SDRT
Tax policy & administration
Anti-avoidance
Appeals
Brexit
Compliance
HMRC Powers
Investigations
Litigation
Tax policy
Tax risk
NEWS
CASES
IN BRIEF
ANALYSIS
ONE MINUTE WITH
PEOPLE & FIRMS
TRACKERS
AUTHORS
ISSUE ARCHIVE
BROWSE BY TOPIC
Corporate taxes
Compliance
Corporation tax
DPT
Groups
Transactional tax
Employment taxes
Employment taxes
Termination payments
Indirect taxes
Customs & Excise duties
Environmental taxes
IPT
VAT
International taxes
BEPS
CFCs
Cross border
Double tax relief
Foreign profits
Residence
Transfer pricing
UK competitiveness
Withholding taxes
Private business taxes
OMBs
Partnerships
Private client taxes
CGT
IHT
Pensions & investments
Trusts & estates
Real estate taxes
Property taxes
REITs
Stamp taxes
SDLT
SDRT
Tax policy & administration
Anti-avoidance
Appeals
Brexit
Compliance
HMRC Powers
Investigations
Litigation
Tax policy
Tax risk
Subscribe
Home
Saved articles
Viewed articles
View virtual issue
View online issue
Login
Logout
E-newsletter
Advertise
About us
Help
News
Cases
In brief
Analysis
One Minute With
People & Firms
Trackers
Authors
Issue Archive
SEARCH
Home
Insurance
Home
Insurance
INSURANCE
The Court of Appeal’s real-world view on the exemption for insurance intermediary services
Dr Michael Taylor
Dr Michael Taylor (PwC) considers whether Henderson LJ’s judgment in
WTGIL could bring all sorts of intermediary services back within the scope of
the VAT insurance exemption.
Tax and the City review for May 2025
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
The application of
Ramsay
in a recent case and HMRC’s revised guidance
on salaried members are among the topics covered in this month’s review
by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
WTGIL Ltd v HMRC
Court of Appeal rules on scope of VAT exemption for insurance intermediary services
Hastings Insurance Services Ltd v HMRC
VAT recovery in the insurance sector
Insuring M&A tax risks: practical considerations for buyers
Shayaan Zaraq Bari
Nicholas Gardner
Shayaan Zaraq Bari and Nicholas Gardner (Ashurst) explain how combining
W&I insurance with other tools may help bridge any gaps in tax risk coverage
and maximise protection for buyers.
Tax risk insurance claims explained
Julian Feiner
W&I and specific tax risk insurance has proliferated and tax claims are
emerging. Julian Feiner (DAC Beachcroft) explains the unique framework
for claims.
Tax and the City review for February 2023
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
It is full steam ahead for implementation of the global minimum tax in the UK and the EU, report Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
Tax risks and W&I-backed transactions: a good combination?
Lois Dale
Zita Dempsey
A buyer should not automatically assume a W&I-backed tax deed is appropriate for its transaction, write Zita Dempsey and Lois Dale (Pinsent Masons).
The VAT review for June 2022
Gary Barnett
This month’s review by Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) covers an important advocate general’s opinion.
The VAT review for August 2021
Jo Crookshank
Gary Barnett
The latest VAT developments that matter, by Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons).
Go to page
of
3
EDITOR'S PICK
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Bezhan Salehy
,
Rebecca Rose
,
Elvira Colomer Fatjo
1 /7
Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
2 /7
Enhancing UK tax policy: a blueprint for supporting technological innovation
Dominic Mathon
,
Kate Murphy
3 /7
Carried interest tax reform: next steps
Damien Crossley
,
Bezhan Salehy
4 /7
The new UK PE, TP and UTPP rules: key questions
Mark Bevington
5 /7
Tax odyssey: the journey to a single securities tax
Naomi Lawton
6 /7
Closing in on promoters of marketed tax avoidance scheme
Malcolm Gammie CBE KC
7 /7
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Bezhan Salehy
,
Rebecca Rose
Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
Enhancing UK tax policy: a blueprint for supporting technological innovation
Dominic Mathon
,
Kate Murphy
Carried interest tax reform: next steps
Damien Crossley
,
Bezhan Salehy
The new UK PE, TP and UTPP rules: key questions
Mark Bevington
Tax odyssey: the journey to a single securities tax
Naomi Lawton
Closing in on promoters of marketed tax avoidance scheme
Malcolm Gammie CBE KC
NEWS
Read all
HMRC manual changes: 26 September 2025
HMRC to restart direct recovery of tax debts
Tax agents legislation misses the target, says ICAEW
HMRC issue guidance on international employee earnings
Reserved investor funds: new technical note
CASES
Read all
T Pawar v HMRC
MBP Europe Ltd v HMRC
Circleplane Ltd v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 26 September 2025
The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd v HMRC
IN BRIEF
Read all
More on s 455
What if HMRC win in Hotel la Tour?
Supreme Court in Prudential Assurance
The hidden costs of a cap on lifetime gifting
SDLT and the funding of a purchase by a partner
MOST READ
Read all
P Collingwood v HMRC
The hidden costs of a cap on lifetime gifting
The future of international tax reform
K (oao Hotelbeds UK Ltd) v HMRC
HMRC manual changes: 19 September 2025