Simon Sweetman, independent tax consultant, still trying to get the big picture, discusses a recent Treasury Select Committee report on HMRC administration and expenditure
Kelly Sizer, Technical Officer for the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG), reports on developments in HMRC's management of tax debt
Ian Sandles, of Nomura, looks ahead to the key tax issues facing the banking sector in 2009
Juliet Roche, of HMRC, a senior policy adviser on the Review of Powers, Deterrents and Safeguards and a Chartered Tax Adviser writes on the new compliance checking framework
Richard Alderson and Simon Wilks, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, look at how the new Business Payment Support Scheme has been received by business and how to have a successful conversation with HMRC
Peter Jenkins, Global Director of Indirect Tax at Ernst & Young, referees a debate on the future of the VAT and Customs Tax appeal system at a seminar of the London branch of CIOT on 25 November, 2008
Ronnie Macdonald, Avoidance Investigation, Anti Avoidance Group, HMRC, explains what action HMRC is taking to seek to tax employee benefit trusts appropriately
In a new series on transatlantic tax issues, James Clare and Justin Stalls of Latham & Watkins discuss how the US President-elect's tax plans may impact on UK businesses