Jon Golding, who chaired the conference, reviews Tolley's Practical NIC Planning Conference 2003, which took place on 11 November at Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Paul Fay, Director of Horwath Clark Whitehill's London Corporate Tax Group, comments on the latest proposals on corporation tax in the Pre-Budget Report
Matthew Rose, British Telecommunications plc, discusses alternative tax strategies for UK-owned loss-making group companies
Richard Lewis, Director and David Cobb, Partner in Deloitte's Research & Development Tax Services Group, find some gaps in the scope of qualifying costs for R&D tax relief
Alan Buckett, Deputy Taxation Director, Barclays Bank plc and member of The Tax Journal editorial board, reports back on a successful Tolley's VAT and Financial Services conference
Kevin Griffin and Georgina West of Ernst & Young Stamp Taxes team take a first look at the draft legislation to bring partnerships into the SDLT fold
John Whiting, tax partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and a former President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation reviews Tolley's Tax Digest — Extracting Profit From The Family Company by Andrew Hubbard
Philip Martin, Marks & Spencer plc, puts the Condocs into the retail perspective
Daron Gunson, Parmentier Arthur Group, meets David Milne QC, Pump Court Tax Chambers, who has for many years been heavily involved in litigation, especially for retailers and the financial services sector
Heather Glass, Corporate Tax Consultant, and Elspeth Orcharton, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, discuss the tax issues arising from PFI