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Tax and the City review for March 2025
Zoe Andrews
Mike Lane
This month’s review by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May)
covers the decisions in
Lloyds Asset Leasing
and
Royal Bank of Canada
, as well
as HMRC’s plans to update guidance on the salaried member rules.
RBC: from the island of literal interpretation to the continental shelf
Kyle Rainsford
Victoria Hine
RBC
reopens some old
Ramsay
uncertainties. Victoria Hine and
Kyle Rainsford (Addleshaw Goddard) attempt to chart a course through.
Findings of fact are stubborn things: A Taxpayer v HMRC
Catrin Harrison
Dominic Lawrance
Dominic Lawrance and Catrin Harrison (Charles Russell Speechlys)
consider the implications of the Court of Appeal judgment.
A ‘significant’ change in approach? Reflections on the Court of Appeal’s decision in BlueCrest
David Haworth
David Haughey
David Haworth and David Haughey (Freshfields) examine the implications of the Court of Appeal’s decision for businesses which are potentially within the scope of the UK’s salaried member rules.
Tax, memory and the written record: revisiting Gestmin
Gerald Montagu
Elmira Jazottes
Gerald Montagu and Elmira Jazottes (Gide Loyrette Nouel) consider the importance of the evolving science of memory in tax.
Rebel without a causal link: HMRC’s position on proving carelessness
Sophie Rhind
Victoria Braid
Mainpay
should end any suggestion by HMRC that they can score a ‘knockout’ by identifying an area of carelessness, write Sophie Rhind and Victoria Braid (Macfarlanes).
Contentious tax quarterly: Autumn 2024
Harry Smith
Adam Craggs
There has been a steady rise in disputes concerning IHT and SDLT, report
Adam Craggs and Harry Smith (RPC).
Estoppel in a tax context
Jake Landman
Abigail McGregor
Jake Landman and Abigail McGregor (Pinsent Masons) explain how
estoppel has recently been used in tax cases by HMRC and also by taxpayers.
A capital blow for deducting management expenses
Kyle O'Sullivan
The Supreme Court has delivered its judgment in
Centrica Overseas Holdings
.
Kyle O’Sullivan (BCLP) reviews the case and its implications.
The Court of Appeal favours form over function in GE Financial
Kyle Rainsford
In
GE Financial Investments
, the Upper Tribunal favoured the functional
interpretation while the Court of Appeal favoured the territorial, writes
Kyle Rainsford (Addleshaw Goddard).
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