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PRIVATE BUSINESS TAXES


Matthew Rowbotham and Sam Pennington (Lewis Silkin) explore the company law issues on group relief surrenders and the traps that lie in wait.
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...
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).
Sarah Ling and Ellen Wildig (Macfarlanes) explore the wider impact for family-controlled businesses of the upcoming reforms to business property relief.

John Endacott (PKF Francis Clark) explores the background and the current state of succession planning post-Budget.
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.
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).
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.
With an estimated tax gap of some £36bn, Labour does seem to be taking enforcement seriously, writes Ross Birkbeck (Old Square Tax Chambers).
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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