John Hayward, pension consultant, looks at the House of Lords decision in the Venables case and assesses its apparent far-reaching impact
David Nickson, Tax Partner, Ernst & Young LLP discusses international tax issues and asks if there are still too many of Gordon's Christmas presents kept under wraps
Paul Fay, Director of Horwath Clark Whitehill's London Corporate Tax Group, comments on the latest proposals on corporation tax in the Pre-Budget Report
Matthew Rose, British Telecommunications plc, discusses alternative tax strategies for UK-owned loss-making group companies
Ernst & Young provide us with a summary of the Chancellor's proposals
Richard Lewis, Director and David Cobb, Partner in Deloitte's Research & Development Tax Services Group, find some gaps in the scope of qualifying costs for R&D tax relief
Nigel Eastaway, Senior Tax Consultant at WJB Chiltern plc, gives us his personal opinion on where we are now
Kevin Griffin and Georgina West of Ernst & Young Stamp Taxes team take a first look at the draft legislation to bring partnerships into the SDLT fold
John Whiting, tax partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and a former President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation reviews Tolley's Tax Digest — Extracting Profit From The Family Company by Andrew Hubbard