Stephen Edge, Slaughter and May, concludes that there was less in the way of anti-avoidance measures in the PBR than was feared but more in the way of administrative detail than was hoped for
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
Ernst & Young provide us with a summary of the Chancellor's proposals
Andrew Levene of Thompson Taraz reviews the Tolley's Practical Stamp Duty Land Tax conference which took place in Central London on 3 November 2003
Archie Brown of KPMG considers the business processes required for compliance with the new regime
Anne Fairpo continues our series on the taxation of intellectual property, this week concentrating on research and development tax relief
James Bullock, Head of Tax Litigation at KLegal, looks at the circumstances in which the tax authorities can raid a business — or the homes of its officers — and what they should do in their defence
Philip Martin, Marks & Spencer plc, puts the Condocs into the retail perspective
John Davison, Indirect Tax Partner, Baker Tilly concludes our series on the various VAT problems of developing a property business. In this article he discusses the option to tax
Patrick Cannon, Barrister, updates our special issue on SDLT published last week (Issue 715) with news of the two new SDLT regulations issued on 30 October 2003