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The title of this blog is deliberately ambiguous because it addresses a conundrum as old as capital gains tax itself: Read more

As the title of Alexei Sayle’s acclaimed autobiography reminds us, school teachers are used to feeble excuses. So is HMRC. Each year on its website, we are entertained by examples of excuses offered... Read more

The PAYE underpayment conundrum The recent case of Goldsmith looked at how HMRC collects PAYE underpayments, with some interesting points on when they can validly issue a notice to file a tax return. Read more

The number of capital loss relief claims made in respect of irrecoverable loans to businesses and guarantee payments has seemingly increased significantly since the commencement of the financial... Read more

Introduction This article was drafted a few days after the publication of the independent Loan Charge Review by Sir Amyas Morse. It is entirely possible that further information will come to light... Read more

‘A number of workers, disproportionately women, who earn between £10,000 and £12,500 have been missing out on pension benefits because of a loophole affecting people with net pay pension schemes.... Read more

As HMRC’s powers increase, we are seeing more and more cases being decided in the High Court under Judicial Review (JR). For many tax advisers, JR remains a black box; it has been heard of and... Read more

Mark McLaughlin reports from our recent Property Tax Conference.    Date: 27 November 2019 Location: Birmingham   Speakers reported: Pete Miller, The Miller Partnership Peter... Read more

When it comes to transactions between shareholders and family or owner-managed companies, the IHT implications will not normally be a main tax consideration, and might be overlooked completely. Read more

Information notices have been an important and valuable weapon in HMRC’s armoury of compliance powers since the information and inspection provisions were introduced more than ten years ago (all... Read more