Ben Elliott and Sam Glover (Pump Court Tax Chambers) review recent cases clarifying when taxpayers have a legitimate expectation in the context of VAT.
Legitimate expectation, directors’ fees, fixed establishments, reforming the TMO... Craig Kirkham-Wilson and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) examine recent developments in the VAT world.
Catherine Robins and Sam Wardleworth (Pinsent Masons) review an interesting Upper Tribunal decision on the test for trading, 'golden contracts' and the availability of enterprise zone allowances and legitimate expectation.
The Court of Appeal's recent decision appears to set a high bar for establishing an unlawful breach of a taxpayer’s legitimate expectation, write Robert Waterson and Constantine Christofi (RPC).
The OTS’s recommendations on HMRC guidance provides some hope that in the future reliance on guidance will be less risky, writes Stephen Daly (King’s College London).