PENALTIES

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

Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts) reviews the main protections offered by the European Convention on Human Rights and considers how they apply to tax penalties.

Edward Reed

Clare Wilson

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).

Nick Evans

Kate Alexander

Kate Alexander and Nick Evans (Baker McKenzie) review the newly published Uncertain Tax Treatments by Large Businesses Manual.

Richard Woolich

Katie Raine

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).

Constantine Christofi

Adam Craggs

Recent trends in the contentious tax world, by Adam Craggs and Constantine Christofi (RPC).

Edward Reed

Georgia Rawlinson

Edward Reed and Georgia Rawlinson (Macfarlanes) provide this month’s review of developments affecting private clients.

Edward Reed

Lisa de Silva

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).