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TAX POLICY ADMINISTRATION
Demystifying the Substantial Shareholdings Exemption
Jennifer Plummer
Jennifer Plummer (BDO) considers the requirements for this valuable relief
and outlines some of the complexities involved where corporate structures are
not straightforward.
A new service for tax certainty on major projects
Finn Halton
Gregory Price
HMRC’s new service could provide a valuable focused engagement channel for major investments, write Gregory Price and Finn Halton (Macfarlanes).
Home offices and hard rocks: the 2025 Update to the OECD’s Model Tax Convention
Jivaan Bennett
Jivaan Bennett (Temple Tax Chambers) reviews the substantive amendments to the Model Convention – concerning home-office PEs, associated companies and more – and what it could mean for UK DTT interpretation.
The OECD’s Pillar Two side-by-side package
Ed Wright
Alison Lobb
Lisa Shipley
Alison Lobb, Lisa Shipley and Ed Wright (Deloitte) outline the Inclusive Framework’s much-awaited ‘side-by-side’ package.
HMRC’s priorities for 2026: building for the future
Jonathan Athow
Jonathan Athow, HMRC’s Director General for Customer Strategy
and Tax Design, outlines the department’s digital transformation plans,
compliance strategy and modernisation agenda for the year ahead.
Grandfathering
John Barnett
The Government’s approach to APR and BPR reform combines delay and
anti-forestalling in a way that risks serious unintended consequences,
writes John Barnett (CIOT).
That was the year that was 2025
Nadia Hourihan
Zoe Andrews
Zoe Andrews and Nadia Hourihan (Slaughter and May) offer a whirlwind
review of 2025’s tax highlights and curiosities.
Tax in 2025: the good, the bad and the ugly
Heather Self
Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) praises greater HMRC transparency while
warning of deepening fiscal drag and policy inconsistency.
APR/BPR reform: a practitioner’s story
Stuart Maggs
This year has been a roller-coaster, writes Stuart Maggs (Howes Percival).
R&D tax in 2025: the calm after the storm?
Jenny Tragner
Jennifer Tragner (S&W) considers an unsettled year for R&D reliefs, where
transitional rules, evolving guidance and emerging AI questions kept advisers
busy despite few new policy changes.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Qualifying Asset Holding Companies: don’t let your ‘kwæk’ end up in the ‘kæk’
Nick Thornton
1 /7
Freedom (of information) is a noble thing: HMRC, tax and the limits of transparency
Hartley Foster
2 /7
Hotel La Tour: where next for input tax recovery on share disposals?
Rupert Shiers
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Laura Hodgson
3 /7
Mandatory agent registration: what we know so far
Jane Mellor
4 /7
Permanent Establishment reform: what has changed, who is affected and why does it matter?
Rob Sharpe
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Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann
5 /7
The Pillar Two Side-by-Side package: how UK groups should approach compliance
Jack Gifford
6 /7
Share reorganisations: new anti-avoidance rules explained
Peter Morley
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Jamie Robson
7 /7
Qualifying Asset Holding Companies: don’t let your ‘kwæk’ end up in the ‘kæk’
Nick Thornton
Freedom (of information) is a noble thing: HMRC, tax and the limits of transparency
Hartley Foster
Hotel La Tour: where next for input tax recovery on share disposals?
Rupert Shiers
,
Laura Hodgson
Mandatory agent registration: what we know so far
Jane Mellor
Permanent Establishment reform: what has changed, who is affected and why does it matter?
Rob Sharpe
,
Iarlaith McCarthy-Hann
The Pillar Two Side-by-Side package: how UK groups should approach compliance
Jack Gifford
Share reorganisations: new anti-avoidance rules explained
Peter Morley
,
Jamie Robson
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