In the first of a new series of policy articles, Chris Sanger, of Ernst & Young, looks forward to the Budget and expects to see some hard decisions being made
Simon Yates adds to the debate on the Guardian's 'Tax Gap' series on tax avoidance
Patrick Cannon looks at the application of Ramsay in SDLT and the use of reliefs for alternative finance structures
Alan Buckett, Head of VAT services at DSH, reviews this year's LexisNexis conference on VAT Planning and Anti-avoidance held on 24 February
Philip Ridgway, of Temple Tax Chambers, reviews Taxation of Company Reorganisations (2nd ed.), by Pete Miller and George Hardy. Tottel Publishing, 517pp, ISBN 13 978 84766 130 2
James Hill, Partner, and Karla Yates, Associate, in the Tax Department of Mayer Brown International LLP, provide an overview of the indirect tax issues arising on business acquisitions
John Christian, Corporate Tax Partner, and Jennie Newton, Senior Tax Associate, Pinsent Masons, look at some of the tax issues affecting land-based public-private partnerships