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Jonathan Hare Stephen Morse Peter Halford

Jonathan Hare, Stephen Morse (PwC) and Peter Halford (PwC Legal) answer the key questions on the European Commission’s investigations into alleged illegal state aid as a way of tacking perceived corporate tax avoidance.

Gary Richards

Gary Richards (Berwin Leighton Paisner) considers the recent Treasury Committee inquiry on UK tax policy and the tax base, which examined issues such as corporate taxpayer confidentiality.

Lin Homer

HMRC will continue with its plans to become a smaller, but more highly skilled department, with digital transformation at the heart of its strategy, writes HMRC’s chief executive, Dame Lin Homer DCB.

Tolley tax writers

Experts at Tolley examine highlights of the draft 2016 Finance Bill.

Santhie Goundar

The Dutch ministry of finance has issued a statement confirming that the Netherlands will be appealing the European Commission’s ruling in October that the country provided state aid to Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA BV.

Michael Avient

Taxpayers should think about the consequences before agreeing to HMRC’s latest initiative to further influence taxpayer behaviour, writes Michael Avient (UHY Hacker Young).

Mark Whitehouse

Peter Halford

Mark Whitehouse and Peter Halford (PwC Legal) consider Whipple J’s judgment in R (oao Hely-Hutchinson) v HMRC. This important decision is likely to significantly curtail HMRC’s power to depart from published guidance.

Robert Waterson

Adam Craggs

Adam Craggs and Robert Waterson (RPC) consider discovery assessments and the Upper Tribunal’s recent decision in Burgess and Brimheath Developments Ltd v HMRC.

Cathya Djanogly

Dismissed application for closure notice

Paul Aplin OBE

Paul Aplin (AC Mole & Sons) comments on the announcement that HMRC is to centre its operations into 13 regional hubs, with the closure of 137 of its offices.

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