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BGC Services: lacking determination
Matthew Greene
Guy Bud
Matthew Greene and Guy Bud (Stewarts) examine a recent tribunal decision
which stresses the need for accountability and transparency from HMRC
when issuing determinations.
Rettig: HMRC’s tactical approach to public law challenges
Richard Doran
John Hayton
Principled positions often adopted by HMRC can have the practical effect of
avoiding or otherwise delaying judicial scrutiny of their decision-making process,
write Richard Doran and John Hayton (Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen).
Keeping the receipts: HMRC’s burden in company insolvencies
Liesl Fichardt
Emily Au
HMRC’s preferential ranking brings into sharp focus their requirements to
evidence and substantiate their claims in an insolvency, as Liesl Fichardt and
Emily Au (Quinn Emanuel) explain.
Future focus: the potential reform of behavioural penalties
Thomas Wilkinson
Kate Garcia
Kate Garcia and Thomas Wilkinson (Shoosmiths) review the consultation on
the potential redesign or reform of penalties imposed for inaccuracies in tax
returns and failures to notify.
Improving HMRC’s approach to dispute resolution
Adam Craggs
Liam McKay
Adam Craggs and Liam McKay (RPC) examine the current consultation
which could help influence HMRC’s future approach to dispute resolution.
Code of Practice 9 and discovery assessments
Michael Paulin
Michael Paulin (1 Crown Office Row) considers the impact of HMRC’s
broader view of tax fraud in its updated COP 9.
Closing in on promoters of marketed tax avoidance scheme
Malcolm Gammie CBE KC
Malcolm Gammie CBE KC (One Essex Court) examines recent Government
proposals which, he says, leave little doubt that tax avoidance, like tax evasion,
is to be regarded as a criminal activity.
Challenging HMRC’s debt management actions: lessons from Local Fuel
Daniel Williams
Michelle Sloane
A recent High Court decision provides valuable guidance for taxpayers
seeking to challenge enforcement action taken by HMRC’s Debt Management
team, write Michelle Sloane and Daniel Williams (RPC).
HMRC’s revised R&D guidance: the end of a long and winding road?
James Dudbridge
HMRC’s updated guidance marks the end of a long and winding road for
R&D claimants and their advisers, writes James Dudbridge (ForrestBrown).
20 years of HMRC
Heather Self
Political pressure has resulted in HMRC adopting a slow and cautious decision-making process that remains to this day, writes Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg).
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Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
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Enhancing UK tax policy: a blueprint for supporting technological innovation
Dominic Mathon
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Carried interest tax reform: next steps
Damien Crossley
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The new UK PE, TP and UTPP rules: key questions
Mark Bevington
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Tax odyssey: the journey to a single securities tax
Naomi Lawton
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