HMRC has published guidance on the new Social Investment Tax Relief, which came into effect on 6 April 2014. This replaces the draft guidance published with the Finance Bill in March 2014.
Avoidance scheme with QCBs
Set-off of trading losses
Mark Middleditch takes over the reins of our popular monthly briefing on developments affecting the City.
For any transaction involving bonds or notes, there are a number of potential difficulties that may arise, which may include issues involving stamp taxes, VAT, withholding tax, FATCA, and the tax treatment of the bond issuer and bondholders. Eloise Walker and Abigail McGregor provide a handy practice guide for advisers
Peter Vaines considers the decision in Roelich on the meaning of ‘business’ for CGT incorporation relief purposes
Following the completion of the Wood Review, and while the Oil and Gas Authority is being established, the government is consulting until 3 October 2014 on the long-term future of the fiscal regime in the context of a maturing basin
HMRC has published Revenue and Customs Brief 27/14, which explains three changes in policy affecting TOGCs, including property, as follows.
Chris Sanger reviews the IMF’s recent report, Spillovers in international corporate taxation, which considers how national tax decisions have international impacts and offers some radical suggestions to the current international tax architecture
Timothy Jarvis considers the recent decision in McLaren Racing concerning whether penalty fines are tax deductible