Peadar McCabe, Senior Tax Manager at Abbey and Bankers Taxation Circle (BTC) President, introduces this special BTC 50th Anniversary issue and gives a personal insight into the BTC
Heather Self believes that we are at a critical point in the relationship between Government, tax advisers and taxpayers
Stephen Edge, Slaughter and May, writes on the latest Finance Bill developments
Patrick Cannon, Barrister, 24 Old Buildings, offers initial comments on some of the SDLT changes in the Finance Bill
Charles Elphicke, Head of Tax at Reed Smith, reviews the recently published Finance Bill, with an emphasis on anti-avoidance measures
Stephen James, Associate Director, VAT Team, Chiltern plc, discusses the VAT aspects of the Budget
Pete Miller, Tax Director in Ernst & Young, outlines the measures in the Budget which affect corporates
A selection of items from the corporate section of Ernst & Young's 2005 Budget Alert make it clear that the emphasis this year was strongly on combating avoidance, both real and perceived
Jonathan Levy, Partner, Levy Watters, takes us through the problems of dealing with clients within the new disclosure regime
John Hayward, expresses his strong personal feelings about what the Chancellor should include in the Budget