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N Powell v HMRC
Novation of director’s loan account
G Quillan v HMRC
Director’s loan was not written off or released on liquidation
The executors of L Elborne deceased and others v HMRC
Upper Tribunal finds home loan scheme effective.
Other cases that caught our eye: 7 February 2025
Employee loan arrangements: FS Capital Ltd and others v A Adams and others [2025] EWCA Civ 53 (28 January) is yet another twist in the long saga of employee loan arrangements and their resolution. It is not a tax case as such but will be of interest...
A new chapter in the unallowable purpose tale: the FTT’s decision in Syngenta
Tanja Velling
Tanja Velling (Slaughter and May) reviews a significant FTT decision in
which the taxpayers were denied interest deductions on a loan created in an
intra-group reorganisation under the unallowable purpose rule.
S Sangha v HMRC
FTT varies information notice.
Tax and the City review for November 2023
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
Target Group
,
Vermilion
and changes to HMRC’s guidance on the double tax
treaty passport scheme are among the developments examined by Mike Lane
and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).
Withholding tax: Hargreave-ances
Sean Wright
Deepesh Upadhyay
Deepesh Upadhyay and Sean Wright (Eversheds Sutherland) review the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Hargreaves which considers withholding tax and interest payments.
How to handle unallowable purposes enquiries
Helen Buchanan
Sarah Bond
Helen Buchanan and Sarah Bond (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) share
their experience of the approach HMRC is taking to unallowable purposes
enquiries, in particular under CTA 2009 s 441.
Investment into and expansion within the UK: acquisition planning
Helena Kanczula
When structuring a UK acquisition, there are a myriad of tax issues to
consider, as Helena Kanczula (BKL) explains.
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Dom Rothbarth
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HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
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Constantine Christofi
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Craig Kirkham-Wilson
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Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
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Emily Szasz
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Tom Gardner
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Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
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Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
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Lisa Shipley
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Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
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HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
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,
Lisa Shipley
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