PENALTIES

Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) cover a number of the latest developments in the VAT and indirect tax field.

Edward Reed

Andrew Crozier

Recent cases on information notices, penalties, and what is and is not a ‘mistake’ are reviewed by Edward Reed and Andrew Crozier (Macfarlanes).

A guide to the new VAT penalty regimes, by Tolley Guidance.

Anastasia Nourescu

HMRC appears to view many penalty appeals as a ‘second bite of the cherry’, even where the tribunal has not considered the earlier decision, writes Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts).

Anastasia Nourescu

Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts) reviews the main protections offered by the European Convention on Human Rights and considers how they apply to tax penalties.

Edward Reed

Clare Wilson

Proposed changes to the CGT rules on transfers of property between separating spouses and a tribunal decision on information notices are among the developments reviewed by Edward Reed and Clare Wilson (Macfarlanes).

Nick Evans

Kate Alexander

Kate Alexander and Nick Evans (Baker McKenzie) review the newly published Uncertain Tax Treatments by Large Businesses Manual.

Richard Woolich

Katie Raine

Although some uncertainty remains, from 1 April there will be fewer situations where HMRC accepts that early termination and compensation payments are not subject to VAT, write Katie Raine and Richard Woolich (DLA Piper).