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ANTI AVOIDANCE
Finance Act 2026
Ros Martin
Consultant Ros Martin provides an overview of this year’s Finance Act, including reforms to income tax and inheritance tax, the recast carried interest regime, changes to capital allowances and venture capital schemes, and expanded compliance and anti-avoidance provisions.
The new 40% first year allowance
Paul Farey
Paul Farey (AECOM) reviews the new rules and HMRC’s guidance.
Mixed member partnerships: anti-avoidance rules
A back to basics guide from Lexis®+ UK Tax.
Deductions after AD Bly: a shortcut for remuneration or pension provision?
Aparna Nathan
The Court of Appeal has clarified when remuneration and pension provision will satisfy the ‘wholly and exclusively’ test – and when a tax avoidance purpose will defeat a deduction, writes Aparna Nathan KC (Devereux Chambers).
An increasingly tough stance on behavioural penalties
Sophie Rhind
Elvira Colomer Fatjo
Sophie Rhind and Elvira Colomer Fatjo (Macfarlanes) consider how recent decisions and proposed reforms are reshaping the behavioural penalty landscape.
COP 9 and serious tax fraud: HMRC’s tougher approach
Simon York CBE
HMRC are adopting a tougher stance with those who continue to deliberately
mislead or refuse to cooperate, despite being in the COP 9/CDF process,
writes Simon York CBE (Deloitte).
Complex statutory construction: the Court of Appeal’s approach in Tower One
Cristy Ajediti
Helen Coward
Helen Coward and Cristy Ajediti (Simmons & Simmons) explain why Tower One is another warning on the risks of complex, tax-driven arrangements.
Share reorganisations: new anti-avoidance rules explained
Peter Morley
Jamie Robson
The Autumn Budget 2025 tightens anti-avoidance rules for share
reorganisations. Peter Morley and Jamie Robson (Pinsent Masons) explain
what tax professionals need to be aware of.
Contentious tax in 2025
Liam McKay
Adam Craggs
Adam Craggs & Liam McKay (RPC) report a year marked by tighter
procedural frameworks, clarifying case law and an intensified HMRC focus on
both avoidance and criminal activity.
The 2025 loan charge review and Government response: the final chapter?
David Pett
All but one of the loan charge review’s ‘hard’ recommendations have been
accepted. David Pett (Temple Tax Chambers) assesses both the review and
the Government’s response – and considers the implications for affected
taxpayers and the new settlement opportunity.
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