Mark McKaig, MRM International Tax Services, reports on the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) CEE Indirect Tax Conference, which was held on 23–24 September 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic
David Prosser, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, anticipates changing priorities for the tax director
Paul Williams, associate, tax department of Herbert Smith, discusses Customs & Excise's argument that the transfer of an interest in a partnership is standard rated for VAT purposes
Richard Cory, Professional Support Lawyer at Clifford Chance, gives us his thoughts on what the penalties for non-compliance with the new disclosure rules might be
Hartley Foster, Head of Tax Litigation, and Aileen Barry, Director, National Tax Investigations, DLA LLP comment on the direct tax and VAT schemes disclosure regime in Finance Act 20041
James Bullock and Jason Collins of McGrigors, bring us up-to-date on how legislation in response to 11 September impacts on tax
Mark Prisk MP outlines the Conservative agenda for tax and asks for readers' comments
Richard F Clarke of PricewaterhouseCoopers looks at recent events in the world of tax investigations
Reg Nock, Barrister at 24 Old Buildings, looks at the consequencies for charities of the very few real exemptions from SDLT