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Budget 2026: Corporate tax ‘simplification’ and a familiar sinking feeling
Eloise Walker
This years Budget has the feel of robbing Peter to pay Paul (though sadly not our editor). For this practitioner, HMRCs Corporate Tax Simplification for Business Investment consultation raises further concerns, while AI...
Taxing cross-border services: time for a Plan B?
Philip Baker KC
Philip Baker KC (Field Court Tax Chambers) considers why existing rules struggle to tax cross-border services effectively and proposes an alternative solution.
UK withholding tax on interest: simplification or risk shift?
David Ward
Richard Miller
Daniella Abel
Daniella Abel, Richard Miller and David Ward (Proskauer Rose) review
HMRC’s consultation on treaty relief from withholding tax and assess the
potential implications for various financing transactions.
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Rebecca Rose
Bezhan Salehy
Elvira Colomer Fatjo
Bezhan Salehy, Rebecca Rose and Elvira Colomer Fatjo (Macfarlanes)
take a practical look at UK interest withholding tax, highlighting common
compliance pitfalls, HMRC’s approach and emerging complexities.
Winners and losers under the non-dom reforms
Emma Chamberlain
Emma Chamberlain OBE (Pump Court Tax Chambers) considers the new regime for non-doms from April 2025 and reviews the likely impact of the changes.
FASTER: a European Withholding Tax Directive
Reinhart Devisscher
Paul Radcliffe
After ten compromise texts and two years of political debate, agreement has finally been reached on new rules for EU withholding tax procedures. Paul Radcliffe and Reinhart Devisscher (EY) examine the detail and consider what’s next.
Hargreaves in the Court of Appeal: a return to orthodoxy on withholding taxes?
Dominic Robertson
Deepesh Upadhyay
Deepesh Upadhyay (Eversheds Sutherland) and Dominic Robertson
(Slaughter and May) examine one of the most important withholding tax
cases in years.
The qualifying private placement exemption: a sticking plaster solution?
Brin Rajathurai
Rob Jones
Brin Rajathurai and Robert Jones (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) review a useful exemption that is sometimes overlooked.
The new Luxembourg/UK double tax treaty
Irfan Butt
Andrew Seidler
Irfan Butt and Andrew Seidler (RSM) consider the implications for funds and real estate structures.
Towards a common European withholding framework
David Wren
Reinhart Devisscher
Paul Radcliffe
Paul Radcliffe, David Wren and Reinhart Devisscher (EY) consider the next steps for the EU to develop this model, and some key areas which may need to be contemplated in light of the European Commission’s upcoming consultation.
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EDITOR'S PICK
From sovereign immunity to sovereign tax status
Tom Margesson
,
Elena Rowlands
1 /7
Founders’ Relief: a narrow route to 10%
Hannah Magee
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Charlotte Senior
,
Martin Verrall
2 /7
Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
3 /7
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
4 /7
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
5 /7
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
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Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
6 /7
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
,
Joe Williams
,
Tom Gardner
7 /7
From sovereign immunity to sovereign tax status
Tom Margesson
,
Elena Rowlands
Founders’ Relief: a narrow route to 10%
Hannah Magee
,
Charlotte Senior
Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
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LISA withdrawal charge reduced
HMRC confirm VAT treatment of public EV charging
Donated medicines to be zero-rated
New HMRC withholding tax guidance
CASES
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N Powell v HMRC
Inngrays Ltd v HMRC
Portsmouth City Council v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 6 November 2026
Abbey Group Ltd v HMRC
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CGT: irrecoverable loans
AI and the unwinnable case
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Hill: the Upper Tribunal on reasonable excuse
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