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Budget 2026: Distributions reform - welcome concessions, unanswered questions
Emily Szasz
In what is expected to be a very significant shake up of the distributions tax rules, the Government has decided to implement (in one form or another) the seven proposals it set out in its consultation on modernising the taxation of distribution and...
Budget 2026: Real estate - a sovereign surprise
Elizabeth Bradley
The biggest news for the real estate sector was a change to the tax treatment of overseas sovereign investors from January 2029. That was a surprise. If an idea is dismissed, the real estate industry can be forgiven for thinking that it would not be...
Private client review for October 2026
Sophie Dworetzsky
In this month’s review, Sophie Dworetzsky (Lombard Odier) reflects on potential changes to tax policymaking, landlord registration, HMRC’s scrutiny of cryptoassets and adviser conduct, and a recent domicile decision.
A simplification of the offshore income gains rules?
Liz Fothergill
The reclassification of OIGs may appear to be a narrow technical adjustment
solely related to the operation of the temporary repatriation facility, but it has
wider practical implications, as Liz Fothergill (Mercer & Hole) explains.
Legislation Day 2026: The consultation on predevelopment costs
Kim Ashley
Clarification rather than a fundamental expansion of relief?
Loans from non-UK resident trusts: UK tax traps
Carolyn Steppler
Elena Dunn
Alice Martin
Alice Martin, Elena Dunn and Carolyn Steppler (Charles Russell Speechlys) consider the UK tax and practical risks arising from offshore trust loans, including unexpected IHT exposure, settlor charges and the consequences of irrecoverable debts.
Uncertain tax treatments consultation: extending uncertainty?
Jack Prytherch
Yousuf Chughtai
Jack Prytherch and Yousuf Chughtai (Osborne Clarke) assess HMRC’s plans
to widen the UTT regime and the practical implications for taxpayers.
Deferred remuneration: HMRC update their guidance on cross-border tax and NICs
Nigel Doran
Lika Jatoeva
Nigel Doran and Lika Jatoeva (Macfarlanes) review HMRC’s updated
guidance on deferred remuneration for internationally mobile employees and
consider the resulting risks of double taxation and NICs mismatches.
Private client review for April 2026
Sophie Dworetzsky
Sophie Dworetzsky (Lombard Odier) reviews recent developments including
rejected calls to extend IHT payment deadlines, proposed expansion of
the UTT regime to individuals and trusts, and practical issues arising from
pensions, SDLT and trust changes.
Tax and the City for April 2026
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) consider the Court of Appeal’s purposive approach to the notional company fiction in
Muller
, HMRC’s consultation on extending the Uncertain Tax Treatment regime, and the proposed UK corporate re-domiciliation regime.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
1 /7
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
2 /7
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
3 /7
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
4 /7
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
,
Joe Williams
,
Tom Gardner
5 /7
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
6 /7
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
,
Lisa Shipley
7 /7
Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
,
Lisa Shipley
NEWS
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Tax Journal authors for October
Budget capital allowances changes: mixed picture for business investment decisions
Government declines to expand land remediation relief
HMRC publish new RTI guidance for employers
ERS: annual returns after scheme closure
CASES
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Abbey Group Ltd v HMRC
Strauss Phillips & Co Ltd v HMRC
Education Training Collective v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 30 October 2026
ScottishPower (SCPL) Ltd and others v HMRC
IN BRIEF
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AI and the unwinnable case
Corporate residence: beyond the paperwork
Hill: the Upper Tribunal on reasonable excuse
Loans to participators: s 455
Modernising the taxation of distributions
MOST READ
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The Nigel Blackwell Family Trust and others v HMRC
One minute with... Helen Miller
Chancellor reportedly rejects alignment of CGT and income tax rates
ScottishPower (SCPL) Ltd and others v HMRC
Side-by-Side: four scenarios for 2030