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Are retrospective assessments permissible when HMRC didn’t question the tax treatment during prior inspections?
Nuel Oji
Stuart Walsh
Stuart Walsh and Nuel Oji (DLA Piper) examine lessons from a recent High Court judgment.
Contentious tax: 2023 mid-year review
Lauren Redhead
Emily Burke
Clara Boyd
Clara Boyd, Lauren Redhead and Emily Burke (DLA Piper) review the changing contentious tax landscape, including the courts continuing efforts on improving procedural certainty.
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
Mitchel
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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.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
1 /7
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
2 /7
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
3 /7
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
4 /7
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
,
Joe Williams
,
Tom Gardner
5 /7
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
6 /7
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
,
Lisa Shipley
7 /7
Budget 2026: protecting the UK’s tax competitiveness
David Gordon
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
,
Lisa Shipley
NEWS
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Effective consultation supports coherent and coordinated tax reform, says CIOT
Chancellor reportedly rejects alignment of CGT and income tax rates
CIOT seeks clarity on interest relief after capital withdrawals
HMRC launch online service for climate change levy returns
Consultation on plastic packaging tax
CASES
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J Smith v HMRC
J Smith v HMRC
The Nigel Blackwell Family Trust and others v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 16 October 2026
HMRC v British Airways plc
IN BRIEF
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AI and the unwinnable case
Corporate residence: beyond the paperwork
Hill: the Upper Tribunal on reasonable excuse
Loans to participators: s 455
Modernising the taxation of distributions
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Victoria Oil & Gas plc v HMRC
Bolt: Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal
Loans to participators: s 455
AI and the unwinnable case
Modernising the taxation of distributions