Helen Lethaby reviews important developments, including the EBT settlement opportunity, and the ‘four dead men’ clause in Blumenthal.
The Times: Vodafone's tax dispute in India
Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes rules amended
HMRC is ‘potentially disqualified’ from involvement in advisory panel
HMRC has outsourced work via self-assessment but ‘this is a step too far’
The advisory panel on the proposed general anti-abuse rule should be ‘wholly independent, with no representatives of HMRC’ according to the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Avoidance is not ‘rampant’, Treasury minister tells MPs
Nigel Doran considers HMRC's attempts to reform rules relating to gains of non-resident companies, while Jeremy Woolf (below) examines whether this will help HMRC resist pressure from Europe
Autumn statement set for 5 December
Private Member's Bill would target 'abuse on a wide range of tax issues'