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Tax avoidance and accelerated payments – faster payments for HMRC

In 2014, the Government introduced anti-avoidance provisions to combat the advantage of tax avoidance schemes. HMRC can give follower notices (FNs) and accelerated payment notices (APNs) or partner payment notices (PPNs) to taxpayers involved in tax avoidance schemes under the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes rules.

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Tax Disputes & Resolutions
28th June 2023
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Companies House
Companies House reform: new rules for officers

The Government’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill) is the second phase of a series of reforms aimed at preventing fraud and money laundering through corporate structures.

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Company Secretarial
27th June 2023
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Record Inheritance Tax receipts in 2023

HMRC’s monthly bulletin for June 2023 reported that Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts for April and May increased by £100mn in the same period last tax year to £1.2bn. This is following record IHT receipts for the 2022/23 tax year of £7.1bn, which again was an increase on the previous year of £1bn.

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Tax
27th June 2023
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Corporate and Private Client eNews

The latest edition of our Corporate and Private Client eNews is now available to download.

Publications
27th June 2023
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Investment
Capital Gains Tax on fractional shares: The Daily Mail

Katharine Arthur, Partner and Head of Private Client, has featured in the This is Money feature of The Daily Mail. Katharine shared her thoughts on the news that thousands of investors could be forced to pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on ‘fractional shares’ – where investors hold slices of shares rather than full ones – which have been put into ISAs through the investing platform Freetrade.

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Tax
27th June 2023
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HMRC to appeal Gary Lineker IR35 case: Accountancy Daily

After losing the IR35 argument over Gary Lineker’s employment status, HMRC plans to appeal the decision made by the First Tier Tax Tribunal. Riocard Hoye, Senior Manager within the the Tax Disputes & Resolutions team, shares his outcome predictions within Accountancy Daily.

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Tax Disputes & Resolutions
22nd June 2023
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Property, keys, blueprints
haysmacintyre: Is your structure fit for purpose? How are HMRC’s delays and removal of services affecting property deals, and how can these be navigated?

An increasingly common theme coming from HMRC is the removal of services in certain areas. This is so that they can prioritise delays in processing correspondence in other areas, and help speed up processes when dealing with backlogs for VAT registration and Option to Tax (OTT) applications. But what effect does this have on the property sector and what are the best ways to work around these changes?

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VAT
21st June 2023
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Tax Disputes & Resolutions Round Up: April-June 2023

Welcome to our quarterly roundup of Tax Disputes & Resolutions news, updates and more, from April to June 2023.

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Tax Disputes & Resolutions
21st June 2023
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