TAX POLICY ADMINISTRATION

Jan Kolasa Ben Webster Tom O’Reilly

Ben Webster, Tom O’Reilly and Jan Kolasa (Fieldfisher) assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Digital Disclosure Service.

Nick Thornton

Nick Thornton (Fried Frank) explains why clearing the entry conditions of the QAHC regime is only the start, and how accounting treatment, CIR and funding design can derail intended outcomes.

Helen Coward

‘Overpayment relief is a statutory remedy of last resort.’ Helen Coward (Simmons & Simmons) examines when HMRC can refuse SDLT repayment claims – and when they cannot.

Jack Prytherch

Yousuf Chughtai

The only complete solution to the procedural nightmare potentially faced by taxpayers is to expand the FTT’s powers to consider public law issues, write Jack Prytherch and Yousuf Chughtai (Osborne Clarke).

Hartley Foster

Hartley Foster (Addington Chambers) examines the right to obtain information from public authorities such as HMRC, via the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the restrictions on that right.

Eloise Walker

When should damages be calculated net of tax? Eloise Walker (Pinsent Masons) revisits the Gourley principle and its practical implications for commercial disputes.

Jane Mellor

HMRC’s latest guidance still leaves key questions unanswered, writes Jane Mellor, Head of Professional Standards at the CIOT and ATT.

Adam Craggs

Liam McKay

The Court of Appeal restores a strict approach to late appeals, leaving taxpayers facing the familiar Martland hurdle once again, write Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC).