ANALYSIS

Cutting edge analysis on tax issues.

Simon Wood

HMRC are clearly not happy with the standard of analysis and documentation that they are currently seeing, writes Simon Wood (BDO).

Jonathan Riley

Raising professional standards isn’t just an issue for advisers. Jonathan Riley (PKF Francis Clark) discusses the challenges facing HMRC.

Sophie Rhind

Victoria Braid

Mainpay should end any suggestion by HMRC that they can score a ‘knockout’ by identifying an area of carelessness, write Sophie Rhind and Victoria Braid (Macfarlanes).

Rebekka Sandwell

Colin Askew

Rebekka Sandwell and Colin Askew (Eversheds Sutherland) consider the use of ‘conditional contracts’ in order to benefit from pre-Budget CGT rates.

Mike Lane

Zoe Andrews

The latest developments that matter, reviewed by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).

Harry Smith

Adam Craggs

There has been a steady rise in disputes concerning IHT and SDLT, report Adam Craggs and Harry Smith (RPC).

Georgia Hicks

Georgia Hicks (Devereux Chambers) unpacks the Supreme Court decision, considers the state of the employment status test, and gives guidance for taxpayers.

Gary Barnett

Jo Crookshank

This month’s review by Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) covers cases concerning payments to acquire ‘credits’, VAT groups and pension funds.

Lord Macpherson

What Budget advice is the Chancellor likely to receive from the Permanent Secretary at the Treasury? We asked former Permanent Secretary Lord Macpherson for his thoughts.

Chris Holmes

Martin Codd

Chris Holmes (BDO) and Martin Codd (Penningtons Manches Cooper) consider a more cost-effective route for landlords when considering an extension of a residential lease with their tenant.

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