Ashley Greenbank and Elizabeth Keeling examine the extent to which the government has implemented recommendations in the Dyson Review. Rex Vevers gives a business view (below) on R&D incentives.
The government makes its own decisions on tax policy and does not take lectures from big business, the CBI’s Director General has told a BBC Panorama programme investigating ‘massive tax savings’ made by multinationals through transactions with Luxembourg subsidiaries.
Chris Morgan provides your update on developments in international tax, including recent examples of overseas tax authorities clamping down on tax avoidance.
A special low rate of UK corporation tax on finance profits from overseas financing within multinational groups will offer a ‘very significant’ benefit to groups setting up a structure that represents, according to a leading tax expert, ‘almost government-approved tax avoidance’.
The UK’s proposed Patent Box legislation puts it on course to join a number of European territories that are favourably taxing certain intellectual property (IP) income.
A country-by-country guide to some of the key tax developments in 2011
Chris Morgan reviews the top five developments in 2011 affecting international corporate taxes
In arguing for investment into infrastructure to help rebalance the economy, Margaret Stephens and Mikko Saressalo look at how taxation can achieve this.