TRADING

Jennifer Plummer (BDO) considers the requirements for this valuable relief and outlines some of the complexities involved where corporate structures are not straightforward.

FoI request: In Thomas Elsbury v The Information Commissioner [2025] UKFTT 915 (GRC) (2 August), the FTT (General Regulatory Chamber) allowed an appeal against an Information Commissioner Decision Notice upholding HMRC’s decision to neither...

Suzanne Hill

Rupert Shiers

Rupert Shiers and Suzanne Hill (Hogan Lovells) examine a recent ruling on whether a corporation tax deduction is allowable for significant expenditure in settling a regulatory investigation.

Edward Reed

Clare Wilson

Edward Reed and Clare Wilson (Macfarlanes) review the latest cases on EIS, BPR, reasonable excuse, and the principles of open justice and privacy.

Company did not commence trading before EIS deadline.

Kyle O'Sullivan

The Supreme Court has delivered its judgment in Centrica Overseas Holdings. Kyle O’Sullivan (BCLP) reviews the case and its implications.

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.

Deepesh Upadhyay Benjamin Shem-Tov Ben Jones

Ben Jones, Deepesh Upadhyay and Benjamin Shem-Tov (Eversheds Sutherland) examine the increasing use of side fund letters in a private investment funds context and the associated most favoured nations process.