Allan Cinnamon (Cintax the Word Ltd) reports on recent global tax treaty news, including cases involving the India/Switzerland, UK/India and Australia/Canada treaties, as well as one utilising the OECD Model Treaty non-discrimination article.
Helen Adams and Lisa Vanderheide (BDO) set out what to do in the event of HMRC notifying a client of its intention to carry out a compliance check using ‘cross-tax working’.
Ed Miliband announced on Wednesday that if the Labour party were elected, it would abolish the rule for non-domiciled residents, which can be claimed by UK residents born outside the UK and which – subject to an annual charge of at least £30,000 – allows UK tax to be levied on offshore income and
But Plaid Cymru manifesto includes ‘eye-catching measures’
The Tax Avoidance Schemes (Promoters and Prescribed Circumstances) (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2015/945, ensure that, with effect from 17 April 2015, employees of promoters resident outside the UK are not excluded as promoters in the event that their employer does not disclose under DOTAS, and th
HMRC’s ability to enter into binding agreements
Mistake by the taxpayer; appeal allowed
Gideon Sanitt (Macfarlanes) considers the decision in Ingenious Media and when HMRC may be excused from its duty of confidentiality.
David Pickstone (Stewarts Law) reviews the recent Upper Tribunal decision in Ingenious, which considered whether HMRC could make allegations of dishonesty at a late stage in proceedings without having pleaded them in its statement of case.