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The statutory residence test: ten things we find very difficult about you
Claire Weeks
Aoife McCauley
The SRT may be better than the old common law, but there are a number of inconsistencies and ambiguities in the legislation that can make it difficult to apply, write Claire Weeks and Aoife McCauley (Maurice Turnor Gardner).
Ask an expert: Will a virtual server give rise to a taxable presence in the UK?
Christopher Eames
A server physically located in the UK cannot give a person a permanent establishment in the UK. Christopher Eames (Mishcon de Reya) considers a real life scenario which tests the limits of that principle.
Other cases that caught our eye: 19 January 2024
The meaning of ‘residence’ for LBTT purposes: A Blue v Revenue Scotland [2023] FTSTC 4 (21 December 2023) is a case on the additional dwelling supplement rules for Scottish land and buildings transaction tax, particularly the rules relating to...
Why constructive ambiguity is sometimes the best policy
Jeremy Mindell
Jeremy Mindell (Primondell) believes that judicial interpretation of existing
legislation is preferable to a wholesale codification of the law that would
become outdated and easy to manipulate.
International business operating models: the tax issues
Gavin Orpwood
Louise Keegan
Hannah McKenzie
Hannah McKenzie, Louise Keegan and Gavin Orpwood (PwC) examine the
tax risks to international business operating models.
Jersey’s economic substance rules
Rupert Lee
Rupert Lee (Deloitte) examines Jersey’s newly introduced economic substance legislation.
Private client review for April 2020
Andrew Goldstone
Moustapha Hammoud
Andrew Goldstone and Moustapha Hammoud (Mishcon de Reya) provide a
monthly update.
UK residence: exceptional days
Peter Vaines
HMRC comes to the rescue.
EDITOR'S PICK
Tax Journal's 2025 Budget coverage
1 /7
Management expenses: HMRC’s new nudge campaign
Anna Lucey
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Constantine Christofi
2 /7
Medpro: better late than never
Stacey Cranmore
3 /7
No escape: the new IHT tax rules for pensions
Harriet Betteridge
4 /7
What time is it? A review of the Supreme Court’s decision in Prudential
David Jamieson
5 /7
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Bezhan Salehy
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Rebecca Rose
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Elvira Colomer Fatjo
6 /7
Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
7 /7
Tax Journal's 2025 Budget coverage
Management expenses: HMRC’s new nudge campaign
Anna Lucey
,
Constantine Christofi
Medpro: better late than never
Stacey Cranmore
No escape: the new IHT tax rules for pensions
Harriet Betteridge
What time is it? A review of the Supreme Court’s decision in Prudential
David Jamieson
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Bezhan Salehy
,
Rebecca Rose
Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
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HMRC manual changes: 9 January 2026
Agreement reached on Pillar Two ‘side-by-side’ package
Late change lifts BPR/APR cap
New guidelines on imported hybrid mismatch rules
VAT treatment of supplies of temporary medical staff
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HMRC v Hotel La Tour Ltd
County Insurance Services Ltd v HMRC
The Tower One St George Wharf Ltd v HMRC
R Sehgal v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 9 January 2026
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TSI Instruments and import VAT recovery
Voluntary returns and impossible penalties
Budget 2025 changes to the share exchanges and reorganisation rules
Fixing the FIG regime before extending it
Welsh Government consults on LTT and other tax changes
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Finance Bill 2026 published
Tax in 2025: the good, the bad and the ugly
A year at the Tax Bar in 2025
End of year musings on corporate tax
R&D tax in 2025: the calm after the storm?