Allan Cinnamon, International Tax Consultant, and David Simpson, Tax Principal, both of BDO LLP, advise a client on merging its European subsidiaries under the EC Merger Directive
Continuing our series on 'Tax in turbulent times', Anneli Collins and David Gordon of KPMG LLP comment on HM Treasury's brand new proposals to tax companies buying back debt or other unconnected debt at a discount
Dominic Stuttaford and Julia Lloyd of Norton Rose LLP consider the judgment in the Prudential case on the extension of the right to claim LPP to non-lawyers in the context of legal advice privilege
Michael Bell, Partner and Clara Howard, Tax PSL at Osborne Clarke consider the use of demergers to return value to shareholders in today's economic climate
Jennifer Knowlson and Richard Clarke, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, examine how HMRC enquires into dual-contract arrangements and identify the key technical and factual battle grounds
Chris Reece summarises the VAT decisions of the new First-tier Tribunal. Please note that the decision numbers are no longer sequential. These are up to date to 16 June 2009