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HMRC statutory directions specify their requirements for using the new inheritance tax online service for electronic delivery of returns and other information, in accordance with regulations issued in June. The directions have effect from 1 September 2015.

The government has launched a consultation on a public sector exit payment cap, proposing to introduce a cap of £95,000 on the total value of exit payments made to an individual in relation to his or her exit from public sector employment. The...

Shiv Mahalingham (Duff & Phelps) examines recent developments affecting transfer pricing.

Steve Edge and Dominic Robertson (Slaughter and May) report that HMRC is building up its diverted profits capability. Taxpayers need to take stock of the practical impact of DPT – and distinguish the facts from some of the scare stories surrounding the tax.
 
Gill Aitken, HMRC’s General Counsel and Solicitor, talks about the role of the Solicitor’s Office.
 

Sometimes the tribunal will adopt an impressionistic approach to interpreting the legislation, writes Stefano Mariani.

The High Court has rejected a judicial review application challenging the legality of accelerated payment notices, as well as their compatibility with human rights (Nigel Rowe and others v HMRC [2015] EWHC 2293).

The Ministry of Justice is consulting on proposals to introduce fees for taxpayers who take their cases to the First-tier or Upper Tribunal as part of a wider set of proposals to introduce and or increase charges for courts and tribunals.

The Upper Tribunal has published its updated list of pending and past cases to 24 July 2015 which confirms that HMRC is appealing against the decision in Leekes Ltd on loss streaming. See www.bit.ly/1Bq8Zdc.

As previously reported in Tax Journal, the Welsh Assembly’s Finance Committee published the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill in draft to establish the Welsh Revenue Authority, and put in place the legal framework for administration of the proposed new devolved taxes, land trans

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