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In this month’s review, Sophie Dworetzsky (Lombard Odier) considers recent developments affecting tax on trusts, privacy concerns surrounding proposed changes to the Register of Overseas Entities and some key tribunal decisions.
Is it to Grimsby or Guildford? At some point, the real chancellor will have to decide, writes political commentator Philip Stephens.
Spending pledges are being flung around like confetti in the election campaign but politicians are coy about the fact that they will ultimately lead to higher taxes, as David Smith reports.

The Tory leadership candidates are proposing large-scale tax cuts and public spending increases. The question is whether they will ever be implemented, as David Smith reports.

The shadow chancellor is considering plans to impose a new lifetime gifts tax with a threshold of just £125,000.

In our continuing series, Heather Self examines some of the tax issues that make the national headlines. This week, tax promises from politicians.

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