Is it OK to breach transactions in securities legislation?
21st August 2023 | Posted in Articles, Business Asset Disposal Relief, Capital Gains Tax, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Transactions in securities legislation (TISL) has been around for a long time and the legislation has gone through some changes, most…
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Avoid discovery assessments with proper disclosure
19th July 2019 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Discovery assessments Generally a tax payer should have certainty about their tax affairs and this means that HMRC should not be…
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Is Lorraine Kelly a tax avoider or a celebrity scapegoat?
29th March 2019 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Tax Risk and Investigations by Forbes Dawson
The papers have recently been rife with stories of how TV presenter, Lorraine Kelly, won an appeal at a First Tier…
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HMRC threatens follower notices on loan write-offs
8th March 2019 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
The issue Before Finance Act 2010 made amendments to the legislation there was a fairly widespread piece of tax planning in…
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Offshore tax disclosure deadline looms
9th July 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, International Tax, Tax Risk and Investigations by Laura Hutchinson
Three months remain… There are now only three months remaining for clients to tidy up their offshore tax affairs before the…
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Where are we with Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)?
8th June 2018 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
What is Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)? In a tax context, ADR has now been around for a few years but is…
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Big fines for non UK residents in respect of late capital gains returns
9th September 2016 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax, Tax Risk and Investigations by Forbes Dawson
The Issue Since 6 April 2015 any disposal of UK residential property falls within the UK tax regime. There is now…
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‘Scary’ HMRC document suggests further clamp down on schemes
30th August 2016 | Posted in Articles, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Background The latest consultation considers granting additional powers to HMRC to tackle tax avoidance. The effects will be wide ranging and…
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Can we still extract reserves at 10%?
5th August 2016 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Private Client, Tax Risk and Investigations by Andrew Marr
Background HMRC continue their battle against taxpayers who seek to extract funds from their companies at low 10% Entrepreneurs’ Relief rates…
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Successful challenge to Advance Payment Notices
10th June 2016 | Posted in Articles, Tax Risk and Investigations by Forbes Dawson
HMRC has withdrawn certain Advance Payment Notices it issued when faced with a judicial review. The APNs were challenged by City…
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