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Taxpayers are unlikely to be entitled to billions of pounds in unpaid interest on overpaid VAT, tax experts said after the Advocate General delivered her opinion in Littlewoods (C-591/10) last week.
Brown Butler, the Leeds-based firm, has promoted Matthew Jaques to tax partner. Jacques joined the firm in December 2010 from Baker Tilly.
Oil and gas industry representatives discussed ‘a range of fiscal issues’ with ministers yesterday at the first meeting of the Fiscal Forum, established last September ‘to encourage constructive discussion’ on tax issues.
A tax adviser was found guilty of cheating the public revenue by dishonestly submitting and facilitating tax relief claims that falsely stated the value of shares gifted to charities.