Bill Dodwell comments on the GAAR guidance
Helen Lethaby reviews recent developments affecting the City, and reflects on the carrot and stick approach in last month’s Budget.
Geoff Lloyd and Fiona Thomson examine how the proposed financial transaction tax may apply to UK corporate groups and the practical implications that this might have for them, focusing on derivative transactions entered into by group treasury companies.
No longer a ‘light touch’... Ed Dwan and Lucy Sauvage examine a notable shift in HMRC’s attitude to the operation of the senior accounting officer rules.
RWE npower boss fails to convince MPs on the energy select committee that ‘there is nothing amazing’ about capital allowances for major investment
‘George Osborne is finalising measures to clamp down on two of the world’s most notorious tax havens.
The commission ‘doubts that the aid is necessary’
The Finance Bill completed its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday. The Bill will be considered by a committee of the whole house on the afternoon of 17 April and the morning of 18 April.
HMRC has updated two toolkits for employers, dealing with filing end of year returns for 2012/13 and record-keeping for 2013/14:
Two thirds of applications accepted as part of a two-year trial of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) resulted in the disputes being either fully or partially resolved, HMRC said.