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What happens at a tribunal hearing?
Anne Redston
Who sits where? What should you ask witnesses? When should you interrupt? Barrister Anne Redston provides a beginner’s guide to representing taxpayers at the tribunal.
SSE Generation: when is a tunnel a tunnel?
Will Scott
It all depends on the context... Will Scott (Norton Rose Fulbright) assesses the impact of a Supreme Court decision on the availability of capital allowances for increasingly novel technologies.
Etroy v Speechly Bircham: when do professional negligence claims become time-barred?
Anastasia Nourescu
Cécile Perrault
Advisers may face potential claims long after providing the initial advice, explain Anastasia Nourescu and Cécile Perrault (Stewarts).
Judicial review: does the Court of Appeal’s decision in Murphy offer taxpayers a glimmer of hope?
Adam Craggs
Liam McKay
Judge on HMRC’s shoulder? A recent Court of Appeal ruling demonstrates that judicial review remains a vital and effective tool in defending taxpayers’ public law rights, write Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC).
Mitchell: taxpayer confidentiality and a crisis of confidence?
Robert Waterson
Liam McKay
Robert Waterson and Liam McKay (RPC) suggest that the recent
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case is indicative of a wider sense of apprehension in HMRC.
Deliberate behaviour: what you need to know
Sophie Rhind
Is it true that what you don’t know can’t hurt you? Sophie Rhind
(Macfarlanes) examines recent cases considering the level of knowledge
sufficient for a finding that a taxpayer’s behaviour is ‘deliberate’.
Getting closure: the FTT’s approach in Hitchins
Sophie Rhind
Victoria Braid
Sophie Rhind and Victoria Braid (Macfarlanes) examine when the tribunal
will exercise its power to direct HMRC to issue a closure notice in light of the
recent case of
Hitchins.
Please pay on your way out: UK exit charges and Gallaher
Ben Elliott
With the litigation on UK exit charges seemingly set to continue, Ben Elliott
(Pump Court Tax Chambers) examines the impact of a recent CJEU decision.
Characterising supplies for VAT following Mesto Zamberk
Michael Thomas KC
The characterisation test for VAT has received important clarification from the Court of Appeal, writes Michael Thomas KC (Pump Court Tax Chambers).
Penalty appeals: shedding light on abuse of process
Anastasia Nourescu
HMRC appears to view many penalty appeals as a ‘second bite of the cherry’, even where the tribunal has not considered the earlier decision, writes Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts).
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