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UPPER-TRIBUNAL
Queenscourt: a dip in legal certainty
Fabian Barth
James Hurst
Fabian Barth and James Hurst (Johnston Carmichael) consider the implications for single and multiple supplies and legitimate expectation arguments.
Tax and the City for May 2026
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) provide their unique perspective on the impact of recent rulings from the higher courts and the OECD’s latest findings on the UK’s rising tax burden on labour.
Lycamobile UK: guaranteed availability, guaranteed VAT
Liesl Fichardt
Julius Berling
Liesl Fichardt and Julius Berling (Quinn Emanuel) assess the Upper Tribunal ruling in Lycamobile and its implications beyond telecoms.
How close is close enough? Orsted and the limits of ‘on the provision of plant’
Paul Farey
Paul Farey (AECOM) assesses how the Supreme Court’s stricter approach narrows the scope for capital allowances on preparatory expenditure.
Penalty suspension
Jake Landman
Abigail McGregor
Jake Landman and Abigail McGregor (Pinsent Masons) revisit the
discretionary regime allowing HMRC to suspend penalties for careless
inaccuracies, in light of recent Upper Tribunal guidance.
Capital by name, income in nature: the Upper Tribunal’s decision in BCG
Henry Bennett-Gough
Henry Bennett-Gough (Simmons & Simmons) examines the Upper Tribunal’s decision in
Boston Consulting Group
and its implications for mixed member LLP structures.
Back to square one: late appeals after Medpro
Adam Craggs
Liam McKay
The Court of Appeal restores a strict approach to late appeals, leaving taxpayers facing the familiar
Martland
hurdle once again, write Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC).
Complex statutory construction: the Court of Appeal’s approach in Tower One
Helen Coward
Cristy Ajediti
Helen Coward and Cristy Ajediti (Simmons & Simmons) explain why Tower One is another warning on the risks of complex, tax-driven arrangements.
Saunders: new uncertainty for contractual employee incentive arrangements
Peter North
Rob Sharpe
Rob Sharpe and Peter North (Cleary Gottlieb) examine a recent Upper Tribunal
ruling on the taxation of stock appreciation rights – a decision that introduces
fresh uncertainty for arrangements falling outside ITEPA 2003 Part 7.
Scatola: 20 years to raise s 75A discovery assessments
Sinisa Butina
Angela Savin
Angela Savin and Sinisa Butina (KPMG) examine the basis of the Upper
Tribunal’s reasoning in
Scatola
and the broader ramifications for taxpayers
seeking certainty and finality to their SDLT affairs.
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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’