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Upper Tribunal confirms HMRC’s power to issue assessments under TMA 1970 regarding pension scheme unauthorised payments (Trachtenberg v Revenue and Customs Commissioners)

Upper Tribunal confirms HMRC’s power to issue assessments under TMA 1970 regarding pension scheme unauthorised payments (Trachtenberg v Revenue and Customs Commissioners)

Upper Tribunal confirms HMRC’s power to issue assessments under TMA 1970 regarding pension scheme unauthorised payments (Trachtenberg v Revenue and Customs Commissioners)

FTT dismisses taxpayer’s appeal against chargeable gains degrouping charge (Currys Retail Ltd v HMRC)

FTT dismisses taxpayer’s appeal against chargeable gains degrouping charge (Currys Retail Ltd v HMRC)

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Tax weekly highlights—17 July 2025

Tax weekly highlights—17 July 2025

The following Tax news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Tax weekly highlights—17 July 2025

Supreme Court holds that accommodation on support vessel was not incidental to oil drilling activities (HMRC v Dolphin Drilling Ltd)

Supreme Court holds that accommodation on support vessel was not incidental to oil drilling activities (HMRC v Dolphin Drilling Ltd)

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VAT treatment of damages and compensation payments

VAT treatment of damages and compensation payments

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)

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 and capital expenditure?

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 tenant to pay or provide any amount in respect of a VAT supply to the tenant...that amount will be deemed to be exclusive of VAT...and the tenant shall pay a sum equal to that VAT’, will this be sufficient to charge the tenant VAT? Is there any case law in this area?

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 tenant to pay or provide any amount in respect of a VAT supply to the tenant...that amount will be deemed to be exclusive of VAT...and the tenant shall pay a sum equal to that VAT’, will this be sufficient to charge the tenant VAT? Is there any case law in this area?

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...

Practice notes

Direct tax treatment of damages and compensation payments

Direct tax treatment of damages and compensation paymentsWhere a dispute is brought to an end by a payment of damages or compensation, whether under a...
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30th May
Practice notes

Residential service charges—VAT implications

Residential service charges—VAT implicationsThis Practice Note is about the VAT treatment of residential service charges.Service charges payable to...
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Produced in partnership with Martin Scammell
2nd Jun
Practice notes

Commercial service charges—VAT implications

Commercial service charges—VAT implicationsThis Practice Note is about the VAT treatment of non-residential service charges. General positionService...
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Produced in partnership with Martin Scammell
2nd Jun
Practice notes

Taxation of UK LLPs

Taxation of UK LLPsA UK limited liability partnership (LLP) is a body corporate for company law purposes, but is generally taxed as though it were a...
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30th May
Practice notes

Qualifying charitable donations and excess management expenses

Qualifying charitable donations and excess management expensesAll companies within the charge to corporation tax can deduct qualifying charitable...
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30th May
Practice notes

Amortisation of intangible fixed assets

Amortisation of intangible fixed assetsWhere a company acquires (or otherwise incurs capitalised expenditure upon) an intangible fixed asset that...
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30th May
Practice notes

The Budget and Finance Bill process

The Budget and Finance Bill processThe Budget is a Parliamentary event at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes important announcements relating...
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30th May
Practice notes

Tax treatment of reorganisations of share capital

Tax treatment of reorganisations of share capitalThis Practice Note is about the meaning of a reorganisation for tax purposes, and the tax treatment...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Capital gains—intra-group asset transfers

Capital gains—intra-group asset transfersCompanies which form a group for capital gains purposes are able to transfer assets to one another free of...
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30th May
Practice notes

VAT treatment of intermediaries, agents and disbursements

VAT treatment of intermediaries, agents and disbursementsFor VAT purposes, an intermediary is a person who makes arrangements for, or facilitates, a...
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Produced in partnership with Mark Rowbotham MA FCILT of Portcullis ISC
30th May
Practice notes

Taxation of private equity funds—the investors

How are investors in a private equity fund taxed on their share of the profits?This Practice Note sets out how the investors in a typical UK private...
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Produced in partnership with Emily Clark of Travers Smith
30th May
Practice notes

Tax and offshore funds—what is an offshore fund?

Taxation of offshore funds—what is an offshore fund?Background to the offshore funds rulesSpecific tax legislation dealing with offshore funds was...
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Produced in partnership with Michael Alliston of Norton Rose Fulbright
30th May
Practice notes

Partnerships and capital gains

Partnerships and capital gainsThis Practice Note is about the capital gains tax and corporation tax on chargeable gains treatment of UK general...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Tax considerations on a loan agreement—the tax gross up clause

Tax considerations on a loan agreement—the tax gross up clauseIt is standard market practice for loan agreements (also known as facility agreements),...
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Produced in partnership with Eloise Walker of Pinsent Masons
30th May
Q&As

For stamp duty relief under section 77 of the Finance Act 1986 (FA 1986) to apply, must the acquiring company in a share for share exchange have a share structure identical to the target company?

For stamp duty relief under section 77 of the Finance Act 1986 (FA 1986) to apply, must the acquiring company in a share for share exchange have a...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Property holding structures—direct tax treatment of a Jersey property unit trust (JPUT)

Property holding structures—direct tax treatment of a Jersey property unit trust (JPUT)UK real estate can be held as an investment through an offshore...
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2nd Jun

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Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of case

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application

Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?

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

Glossary—Latin legal terms

Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin

What are the rules for validly serving a section 27 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 notice on the landlord

What are the rules for validly serving a section 27 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 notice on the landlord outside of the UK?There are various rules which govern when a section 27 notice can be served and what information needs to be included which are outside the scope of this Q&A. Notice may be