HMRC appears to view many penalty appeals as a ‘second bite of the cherry’, even where the tribunal has not considered the earlier decision, writes Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts).
Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts) reviews the main protections offered by the European Convention on Human Rights and considers how they apply to tax penalties.
Proposed changes to the CGT rules on transfers of property between separating spouses and a tribunal decision on information notices are among the developments reviewed by Edward Reed and Clare Wilson (Macfarlanes).
Although some uncertainty remains, from 1 April there will be fewer situations where HMRC accepts that early termination and compensation payments are not subject to VAT, write Katie Raine and Richard Woolich (DLA Piper).
Useful insights on discovery, potentially insolvent estates, the location of cryptoassets for tax purposes and HMRC’s use of nudge letters by Edward Reed and Lisa de Silva (Macfarlanes).