Financial Services & Tax

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New HMRC proposals place tax lawyers between a rock and a hard place

'Unworkable' tax avoidance enabler plans make HMRC 'judge, jury, and executioner' of tax advisers

Post-Osborne estate planning

With a new chancellor of the exchequer at the helm, John Bunker urges lawyers not to lose sight of the reforms introduced by his predecessor

About time

Following the long-awaited consultation on reforms to the taxation of non-doms, Kate Johnson issues a plea to the government to give practitioners the time to advise clients clearly in future

Waiting for Brexit

Wealth management practitioners will need to pay close attention to the implications of the Leave vote for the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and to the outcome of the revised DOTAS consultation, write Victoria Mahon de Palacios and Sally Spicer

Need for evidence causes HMRC to ramp up property raids

New corporate offence of 'failing to prevent' tax evasion could fuel upward trend further, says expert

SDLT reforms: Cutting out the confusion

Solicitors and tax advisers need to work in tandem to provide the right property tax advice to their clients and instil confidence in the market, recommends David Hannah

HMRC tightens grip on tax avoidance schemes

Businesses and individuals must remain vigilant despite successful legal challenges

Government plans place substantial non-dom income tax revenue at risk

Policymakers should consider long-term impacts of proposed reforms to non-dom status, says tax lawyer