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Practical aspects of HMRC’s retrospective change on VAT and contract terminations
Clara Boyd
On 2 September 2020, HMRC published Revenue & Customs Brief 12/2020 setting out a change in the VAT treatment of payments made in respect of contract terminations and contractual disputes. HMRC’s new general rule is that most such payments will be...
Do HMRC’s allegations of fraud against GE signal a new era in tax investigations?
Helen Buchanan
John Tolman
Helen Buchanan and John Tolman (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) examine
what is effectively the pilot episode for an upcoming courtroom drama.
VAT on damages and contract terminations
Dan Place
Eloise Walker
As issues relating to the VAT treatment of damages and termination sums
proliferate in the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, Eloise Walker and Dan
Place (Pinsent Masons) bring us ‘back to basics’.
Protected settlements: tainted love
Catrin Harrison
Sophie Dworetzsky
Sophie Dworetzsky and Catrin Harrison (
Charles Russell Speechlys)
consider what is meant by ‘settlor’ in the context of the protected settlement and tainting rules.
Draft Finance Bill 2019/20 changes to IHT and settlements
Nicholas Harries
Nicholas Harries (Macfarlanes) examines draft Finance Bill provisions designed to counter the effect of the Court of Appeal's judgment in
Dreelan
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The new Securities Transfer Tax: business as usual?
Georgina West
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Responding to Sch 36 notices: a practical guide
Stephanie Mullins
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Richard Jeens
2 /7
Rights, influence and LLP member status after BlueCrest
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
,
Lauren Trask
3 /7
Let the light in: LLCs and other reverse hybrids
Matthew Rowbotham
4 /7
HFFX: the widening reach of miscellaneous income
Elena Rowlands
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Tom Margesson
,
Ian Zeider
5 /7
Estoppel and abuse of process in VAT
Claire Logan
6 /7
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
Ahmed Mobasshir
7 /7
The new Securities Transfer Tax: business as usual?
Georgina West
Responding to Sch 36 notices: a practical guide
Stephanie Mullins
,
Richard Jeens
Rights, influence and LLP member status after BlueCrest
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
Let the light in: LLCs and other reverse hybrids
Matthew Rowbotham
HFFX: the widening reach of miscellaneous income
Elena Rowlands
,
Tom Margesson
Estoppel and abuse of process in VAT
Claire Logan
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
Ahmed Mobasshir
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Tax Journal thanks its July 2026 authors
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CIOT and ATT suggest priorities for new Financial Secretary
Pillar Two top-up taxes returns: deadline reminder
ATT cautions against ITSA ‘timely payment’ reforms
CASES
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Ten cases shaping tax practice in 2026
New cases this week: 31 July 2026
M Elborne and others v HMRC
E Kwai v HMRC
P Reed v HMRC
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Funding the business
HMRC’s annual report for 2025/26
The new duty to correct tax return errors
The VAT treatment of prize draws
Directors’ liability: tax schemes
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