HMRC has published a new 17-page guidance note on the limits to income tax relief introduced by FA 2013. The rules apply to certain reliefs that reduce an individual’s total income. The limit is the greater of £50,000 or 25% of the individual’s income in a tax year.
The government has published a technical explanation and draft legislation on reducing avoidance involving ‘compensating adjustments’ in the transfer pricing code, in order to stop people avoiding tax by using rules know
Taxation of dividends
Group relief provisions: whether valid under EC law
Payments to employee benefit trusts
Bradley Phillips and Perminder Gainda explain the tax implications of the different types of demerger structures that UK companies typically adopt to split their activities into two or more separate companies, along with a worked example
Jackie Wheaton answers a query on the application of the transactions in securities rules to liquidations
This week, The Independent ran a series of special reports on tax avoidance involving Eurobonds, revealing how ‘more than 30 UK companies, including some of the UK’s most recognisable brands, are benefiting from this legal tax loophole, known as the quoted Eurobond exemption’, as well as
Views from senior in-house tax experts on how the corporate tax function will evolve and the future for outsourcing.
Helen Lethaby reviews recent developments, including the revised code of practice for banks, corresponding adjustments, corporate debt and derivatives, and the EU financial transaction tax.