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When company law attacks: group relief traps
Sam Pennington
Matthew Rowbotham
Matthew Rowbotham and Sam Pennington (Lewis Silkin) explore the
company law issues on group relief surrenders and the traps that lie in wait.
Ask an expert: LLP to company - navigating incorporation relief
Claire Miles
QuestionMy client runs a business through a limited liability partnership. It was established in this form for legacy reasons many years ago. The business proved successful, and the individual founders took on investment from two companies who now...
An undesirable preference: EIS shares and ‘any’ preferential rights on a winding up
Oliver Twentyman
Many advisers appear to be adopting a contrived and narrow interpretation of
the word ‘preferential’ in an attempt to provide commercial protection to EIS
investors on a winding-up, warns Oliver Twentyman (Azets).
Ask an expert: The BPR dilemma: IHT funding challenges for family-controlled businesses
Ellen Wildig
Sarah Ling
Sarah Ling and Ellen Wildig (Macfarlanes) explore the wider impact
for family-controlled businesses of the upcoming reforms to business
property relief.
Succession planning: the longer-term impact of the Budget on businesses
John Endacott
John Endacott (PKF Francis Clark) explores the background and the current state of succession planning post-Budget.
A third route to exit: tax consequences of continuation fund transactions
May Smith
Emily Szasz
May Smith and Emily Szasz (Freshfields) examine some of the key
tax considerations that arise in relation to the transfer of assets into a
continuation fund.
Structuring following the new rules for IHT business and agricultural property reliefs
Michael Thomas KC
Diversifying ownership will become an increasingly important strategy in
light of the new restrictions to APR and BPR, writes Michael Thomas KC
(Pump Court Tax Chambers).
Ten questions on the Apple judgment
Dominic Robertson
Amaury de Galbert
Does the CJEU’s judgment in
Apple
signify a major shift in tax State aid
cases? Or is
Apple
likely to be a one-off? Amaury de Galbert and Dominic
Robertson (Slaughter and May) investigate.
The post-election (anti-avoidance) enforcement landscape
Ross Birkbeck
With an estimated tax gap of some £36bn, Labour does seem to be taking enforcement seriously, writes Ross Birkbeck (Old Square Tax Chambers).
VAT, private school fees and anti-forestalling provisions: how far is too far (back)?
Shanzé Shah
Etienne Wong
Etienne Wong and Shanzé Shah (Old Square Tax Chambers) discuss the extent to which anti-forestalling legislation might challenge prepayments that attempt to preserve the existing VAT treatment of private school fees.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Qualifying Asset Holding Companies: don’t let your ‘kwæk’ end up in the ‘kæk’
Nick Thornton
1 /7
Freedom (of information) is a noble thing: HMRC, tax and the limits of transparency
Hartley Foster
2 /7
Hotel La Tour: where next for input tax recovery on share disposals?
Rupert Shiers
,
Laura Hodgson
3 /7
Mandatory agent registration: what we know so far
Jane Mellor
4 /7
Permanent Establishment reform: what has changed, who is affected and why does it matter?
Rob Sharpe
,
Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann
5 /7
The Pillar Two Side-by-Side package: how UK groups should approach compliance
Jack Gifford
6 /7
Share reorganisations: new anti-avoidance rules explained
Peter Morley
,
Jamie Robson
7 /7
Qualifying Asset Holding Companies: don’t let your ‘kwæk’ end up in the ‘kæk’
Nick Thornton
Freedom (of information) is a noble thing: HMRC, tax and the limits of transparency
Hartley Foster
Hotel La Tour: where next for input tax recovery on share disposals?
Rupert Shiers
,
Laura Hodgson
Mandatory agent registration: what we know so far
Jane Mellor
Permanent Establishment reform: what has changed, who is affected and why does it matter?
Rob Sharpe
,
Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann
The Pillar Two Side-by-Side package: how UK groups should approach compliance
Jack Gifford
Share reorganisations: new anti-avoidance rules explained
Peter Morley
,
Jamie Robson
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Consultation launched on extending UTT regime
Finance Bill completes parliamentary stages
Regulations set 2026/27 NIC rates and extend veterans relief
Further NIC re-rating provisions for 2026/27
Voluntary NIC window for those abroad closes soon
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Muller UK and Ireland Group LLP and others v HMRC
Countrywide Partners Ltd v HMRC
S Kamal v Tax Policy Associates Ltd and another
Other cases that caught our eye: 20 March 2026
CooperVision Lens Care Ltd v HMRC
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Exceptional circumstances – but which way?
Tax agent registration and financial services
Provisions
New SDLT burden for private renters
Transactions in Securities counteraction notices
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CooperVision Lens Care Ltd v HMRC
Capital by name, income in nature: the Upper Tribunal’s decision in BCG
Transactions in Securities counteraction notices
New SDLT burden for private renters
HMRC expected to delay tax agent registration for financial services