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TAX-DISPUTES
HMRC’s Litigation and Settlement Strategy: overdue for reform
Waqar Shah
HMRC have indicated that they intend to update their litigation and settlement policy later this year. Waqar Shah (Kingsley Napley) considers why the policy is ripe for change.
When Homer nods: the rise of the Inco principle in tax
Ben Elliott
Louis Triggs
Ben Elliott and Louis Triggs (Pump Court Tax Chambers) set out the three
conditions for invoking the
Inco
principle, the factors that determine its
application in practice, and the role it may play as Brexit-era drafting and
rapid legislative change generate more disputes.
AI in tax disputes: risks and routes of challenge
Liesl Fichardt
Emily Au
Liesl Fichardt and Emily Au (Quinn Emanuel) consider the use of AI in
tax disputes and the implications for transparency, fairness and taxpayer
challenges.
Boulting: clarifying the purpose test in share buy-backs
David Whiscombe
Boulting
cannot be regarded as a satisfactory case, except as to its outcome in
favour of the taxpayer, writes David Whiscombe.
Lifecycle of a transaction: tax disputes on intra-group debt
Lauren Redhead
Ravi Ahlawat
Lauren Redhead and Ravi Ahlawat (DLA Piper) consider what to do when
HMRC enquire into deal funding, and provide a practical playbook from first
request to resolution.
Contentious tax quarterly: Summer 2025
Adam Craggs
Liam McKay
Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC) review some notable rulings on a
range of procedural issues, as well as recent changes to the tribunal rules.
Private client review for June 2025
Sophie Dworetzsky
A long-awaited report on will reform and the recent announcement on
carried interest are among the developments covered in this month’s review
by Sophie Dworetzsky (Charles Russell Speechlys).
Improving HMRC’s approach to dispute resolution
Adam Craggs
Liam McKay
Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC) examine the current consultation
which could help influence HMRC’s future approach to dispute resolution.
HMRC, tax disputes and AI
Liesl Fichardt
Emily Au
Will AI make tax disputes faster and smarter, or simply more complicated?
Liesl Fichardt and Emily Au (Quinn Emanuel) investigate.
Time is money: how to mitigate late payment interest in tax disputes
Jack Prytherch
Jack Prytherch (Osborne Clarke) sets out the practical steps that taxpayers
can take to minimise delays in their disputes with HMRC and so mitigate any
additional interest charged.
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EDITOR'S PICK
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
Ahmed Mobasshir
1 /7
HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
Alan Rafferty
,
Jade Du Berry
,
Ollie Winters
2 /7
Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
3 /7
Loopholes and tax avoidance
Kyle Rainsford
4 /7
Spare us the cUTTer
Nick Thornton
5 /7
PGMOL: where the FTT decision may be vulnerable on appeal
Rebecca Seeley Harris
6 /7
Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
7 /7
The UK’s tax certainty problem
Jenny Batchelor
,
Ahmed Mobasshir
HMRC’s status in Part 26A restructuring plans: the High Court decision in Waldorf
Alan Rafferty
,
Jade Du Berry
Ask an expert: Dividend planning under the new close company reporting regime
Nick Wright
Loopholes and tax avoidance
Kyle Rainsford
Spare us the cUTTer
Nick Thornton
PGMOL: where the FTT decision may be vulnerable on appeal
Rebecca Seeley Harris
Muller: notional companies and real-world transactions
Ashley Greenbank
NEWS
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Tax Update 2026: government publishes simplification and compliance package
HMRC asked to clarify CIS treatment of development finance
HMRC Transfer Pricing and Profit Diversion Compliance Facility
ICTS consultation
UK-India Double Contributions Convention arrangements extended
CASES
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HMRC v HFFX LLP; Atkins and others v HMRC
The Trustees of the Panico Panayi Accumulation and Maintenance Settlements Nos. 1 to 4 v HMRC and Redevco Properties UK 1 Ltd v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 26 June 2026
HMRC v Bolt Services UK Ltd
Barclays Bank plc v HMRC
IN BRIEF
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Foreign PE exemption becoming mandatory
Solving the LLC double taxation problem
AI in R&D advisory: seven control points
Information notices
Management rollovers and share-for-share exchange relief
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Solving the LLC double taxation problem
Consultation tracker
Foreign PE exemption becoming mandatory
HMRC v GCH Corporation Ltd and others
HMRC consult on taxation of UK-resident members of LLCs and other ‘reverse hybrids’