HMRC has made welcome changes to the new diverted profits tax, which takes effect from 1 April. As a result, the tax should not disrupt commercially based planning supported by economic substance, writes Shiv Mahalingham (Duff & Phelps).
The Treasury has published its proposed next steps on tackling evasion and avoidance. James Bullock (Pinsent Masons) reviews the detail.
In response to criticism by the House of Lords Select Committee on personal service companies, HMRC has issued a report (see www.bit.ly/1xeS2XO) justifying the IR35 legislation, saying that the cost of its abolition would be £550m and that if the anti-avoid
The European Commission has presented its new tax transparency package ‘as part of its ambitious agenda to tackle corporate tax avoidance and harmful tax competition in the EU’.
In Eclipse Film Partners No. 35 LLP, the Court of Appeal ruled that the film partnership’s activities did not constitute trading. Chris Bates and Judy Harrison (Norton Rose Fulbright) examine the judgment and consider the consequences
The scope of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality
Tax avoidance scheme involving loan arrangement
Tax avoidance scheme worked
The Social Security Contributions (Amendments in Consequence of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2014) Regulations, SI 2015/521, come into force on 12 April 2015 to ensure that the new rules for follower notices and accelerated payments in connection with tax avoidance schemes are reflected in NIC legis
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings Avoidance Schemes (Prescribed Descriptions of Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2015/464, take account of the new ATED bands being introduced from 1 April 2015 (for properties with a value of between £1m and £2m) and 1 April 2016 (for properties with