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
Paul Fay, Director in Horwath Clark Whitehill's London Corporate Tax Group, looks at the tax implication of the 2005 election party manifestos
Charles Elphicke, Head of Tax at Reed Smith, reviews the recently published Finance Bill, with an emphasis on anti-avoidance measures
Gavin McFarlane of Temple Chambers, Cardiff, outlines the duty measures in the Budget
Stephen James, Associate Director, VAT Team, Chiltern plc, discusses the VAT aspects of the Budget
Angela Lazda, tax partner at Horwath Clark Whitehill, examines whether the Chancellor's Budget will have any effect on small businesses
A selection of items from the corporate section of Ernst & Young's 2005 Budget Alert make it clear that the emphasis this year was strongly on combating avoidance, both real and perceived