John Watson and John Sabel of Ashurst Morris Crisp respond to the Inland Revenue consultative document with a proposal for an alternative and fairer approach to the pensions cap
Following his article last week on approved employee share schemes, David Cohen, head of employee incentives at Norton Rose, explains what the Finance Bill is doing to non-approved schemes
In this second of a series, Patrick Cannon, Head of Stamp Taxes at PwC, looks at the treatment of partnerships and compares the stamp duty legislation to the new Stamp Duty Land Tax. Legislative references are to the Finance Bill 2003 unless otherwise stated
In the first of a series, David Cohen, head of employee incentives at Norton Rose, explains how employee share schemes will be affected by the Budget. This week he covers approved schemes
Richard Holme and Elizabeth Robertson, Creaseys, Tunbridge Wells, report on the OMB sector post the Finance Bill
John Whiting, tax partner PricewaterhouseCoopers and immediate past president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, finds plus and minus points in the Budget for employers
Charles Beer, Partner, KPMG, reports on changes relevant to property in the Budget
Jonathan Peacock QC considers the anti-abuse provisions in FA 2000 under which the Revenue can eject a company from the tonnage tax regime and compares it to the traditional approach to anti-avoidance legislation
David Cohen, partner at Norton Rose, comments, from an employee share scheme perspective, on the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 which came into force on 6 April
In the final part of this series of articles on taxing hotels, Elizabeth Bradley CTA and Neville Wright of Berwin Leighton Paisner, explore VAT and stamp duty within the context of hotels