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Tax analysis: In British Institute of Technology Ltd v HMRC, the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) refused HMRC’s application to strike out appeals...
Tax analysis: In Krason v HMRC, the First-Tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) cancelled penalties for inaccuracies in relation to a remuneration trust scheme. As...
Tax analysis: In Jonathan Nuttall and another v HMRC, the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) allowed the taxpayers’ appeals against landfill tax...
This week's edition of Tax weekly highlights includes: (1) the FTT’s decision in PGMOL, (2) HMRC’s latest Stakeholder Digest, and (3) new guidance on...
VAT treatment of damages and compensation paymentsA damages or compensation payment may attract VAT. This depends on exactly what the payment is for....
The double taxation treaty passport scheme (DTTP scheme)The double taxation treaty passport scheme (DTTP scheme) enables a borrower to apply for and...
What are capital allowances and capital expenditure?What are capital allowances?Capital allowances are the means by which tax relief is given for some...
If the words ‘exclusive of VAT’ are omitted from the definition of annual rent, but there is a VAT clause stating: ‘Where this lease requires the...
VAT treatment of damages and compensation paymentsA damages or compensation payment may attract VAT. This depends on exactly what the payment is for. If it is purely compensatory, such that it does not amount to consideration linked to a supply, it will be outside the scope of VAT. If, on the other
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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