Neil MacLeod, Director, Deloitte Aberdeen and Roman Webber, Director, Deloitte London examine the taxation aspects of decommissioning, a key issue for both the oil industry and HMRC
James Hollis reviews the STEP Symposium on Trusts and International Tax Treaties, held on 6–7 April 2005
Simon Whitehead, partner, Dorsey & Whitney, discusses the pending European cases involving the tax treatment of transactions with companies with their seat outside the EU
Continuing our series of basic informative articles, Dr Nuala Brice, Special Commissioner, describes what the Special Commissioners do and how they do it
In the light of the recent Marks & Spencer case, John Cullinane, Tax Partner at Deloitte, offers an alternative way forward
David Blumenthal, Partner, Dewey Ballantine, reports on the LexisNexis Corporate International Tax Planning conference held in February 2005
Andrew Constantine, Head of UK Tax Compliance, Lloyds TSB Group, gives us his personal view on the banking sector's relationship with the Inland Revenue
Peter Mason, VAT Consultant at the London law firm of CMS Cameron McKenna, discusses the interaction between economic theories from the US and recent tax decisions and practice
Sara Luder of Slaughter and May looks at the future of structured finance in the current legislative climate
Paul Long, Tax Partner, KPMG and Trevor Hails, Chief Accountant, London Branch, Banco do Brasil and BTC Committee member, discuss the current status on taxation of branch capital