UK corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion
Welcome to February’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting decisions covering the unallowable purpose test in relation to cross border group relief tax losses, the application of the...more
In applying the UK’s transfer pricing rules, tax advisers have to think beyond the amount of the debt and the interest rate to get comfortable that an intra-group loan is going to be tax deductible. Following a recent case,...more
COVID-19 Developments - Tax exemptions for coronavirus antigen costs - Draft regulations providing for employee and employer national insurance contribution (NIC) exemptions from payments made to employees to cover...more
UK Case Law Developments - Reliance on HMRC's manual statement can, but didn't, give rise to legitimate expectation - In the recent judicial review case of Roao Aozora GMAC Investment Ltd v HMRC, the Court of Appeal...more
The UK tax authority (HMRC) has announced a new Profits Diversion Compliance Facility (PDCF), as part of its efforts to ensure that multinationals do not use artificial arrangements to divert profit to lower tax...more
HMRC announced today the introduction of their new Profits Diversion Compliance Facility (PDCF). This is a way for multinationals to take the initiative and explain their legal and operational structures before HMRC launch...more