Peter Sheppard of the Royal Bank of Scotland outlines some Scottish cases relating to VAT and financial services
Jim Cormack and Jason Collins of McGrigors look at the impact on tax litigation of the separate legal jurisdictions either side of Hadrian's Wall
Jim Burberry, Indirect Taxes partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, examines how the independent Scottish legal system, education system and different business practices have influenced the development of VAT
John Brolly, Associate Director, who heads up the Chiltern plc Tax Investigations Group in Scotland, looks at direct tax investigations north of the border
Victoria Linford, an associate in the tax unit at McGrigors, examines how UK-wide tax laws apply to Scottish property transactions
Alan Thomson, Senior Charities Tax Manager at Chantrey Vellacott DFK, provides an update on some of the taxation issues that have impacted charities over the last couple of months
John Jeffrey-Cook, Clerk Emeritus of the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers, reviews highlights of the past 200 years
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
Kevin McCormick, Technical Manager with the Tax Faculty of the ICAEW, tries to forecast the outcome of the European Commission's review of financial services
Charles Elphicke, Head of Tax at Reed Smith, reviews the recently published Finance Bill, with an emphasis on anti-avoidance measures