Richard Alderson and Simon Wilks, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, look at how the new Business Payment Support Scheme has been received by business and how to have a successful conversation with HMRC
Peter Jenkins, Global Director of Indirect Tax at Ernst & Young, referees a debate on the future of the VAT and Customs Tax appeal system at a seminar of the London branch of CIOT on 25 November, 2008
Sara Luder of Slaughter and May gives her personal view on the draft provisions for the taxation of the foreign profits of companies
Ronnie Macdonald, Avoidance Investigation, Anti Avoidance Group, HMRC, explains what action HMRC is taking to seek to tax employee benefit trusts appropriately
In a new series on transatlantic tax issues, James Clare and Justin Stalls of Latham & Watkins discuss how the US President-elect's tax plans may impact on UK businesses
Alastair Munro, of KPMG, discusses the key aspects of the draft legislation published on 9 December 2008 for the proposed new exemption system for UK and foreign distributions
Eloise Walker, Corporate Tax Partner, and Michael Hunter, Senior Tax Associate, Pinsent Masons, consider pitfalls in the tax treatment of payments made following an acquisition
Jo Quelch and Craig Rowlands of KPMG discuss the tax issues which need to be considered when part of the consideration for the purchase of a company will include an 'earn-out'
Caroline McDermott, Solicitor, and Alison Walker, Associate, in the Tax Group at Pinsent Masons provide an overview of commercial and tax issues for a buyer when acquiring from an administrator