TAX POLICY ADMINISTRATION

We are promised a Digital Transformation Roadmap setting out how HMRC will be transformed into a digital-first organisation. Paul Aplin OBE hopes it will herald a more collaborative approach from the department.

Gary Barnett

Joao Martinho

Joao Martinho and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) examine recent developments in the VAT world, including a CJEU decision which appears to extend the MEO/Vodafone Portugal treatment of contractual termination payments to similar damages payments.

Donald Simpson

Donald Simpson reports the view from the 100 Group.

David Hadwick

Recent scandals highlight the tension between AI and the fundamental rights of taxpayers, writes David Hadwick (University of Antwerp).

Jon Claypole

Jack Sloggett

Jon Claypole and Jack Sloggett (BDO) welcome HMRC’s new R&D Disclosure Service but explain it is not suitable in all circumstances.

Donald L Korb

Andrew Solomon

During Trump’s second presidential term, the spectre of tax cuts expanding the US federal budget deficit will fuel fierce debates between fiscally conservative and ‘pro-growth’ Republicans, write Donald L Korb and Andrew Solomon (Sullivan & Cromwell).

Bryn Reynolds

Bryn Reynolds (Pinsent Masons) examines the recent Jeffries case which illustrates the potential taxpayer pitfalls surrounding protective assessments.

Kara Heggs

Jisun Choi

Jisun Choi and Kara Heggs (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom) take stock of some of the practical issues arising from Pillar Two.

Ray McCann

Unless shadow advisers are effectively regulated and HMRC can act closer to real time, we will soon once again be facing calls for regulation of the whole profession, writes Ray McCann.