Death, Taxes and Politics: The Future of Tax Policy Ahead of the 2024 Election
On 18 February 2025, the Italian Revenue Agency issued Ruling n. 38/2025 (the "Ruling"), commenting the enactment of the Decree-Law No. 131 of 16 September 2024 ("Decreto salva infrazioni" – converted into Law No. 166 of 14...more
The issue of the taxability of intra-group supplies in the context of a VAT group has been of concern to taxpayers for many years. The starting point was the question of whether a VAT group existed between a foundation under...more
Welcome to May's edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting court decisions, an important opinion of the European Commission’s Advocate General and the commencement of a Treasury consultation...more
UK Case Law Developments - Contributions to remuneration trust scheme not tax deductible - In Strategic Branding Ltd v HMRC, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) held that sums contributed by the taxpayer company to a...more
UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for employed and self-employed workers - On 5 November, the UK Chancellor announced the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme) to the end...more
UK General Tax Developments - Date set for next UK Budget - The first Budget of the new Conservative government will be held on Wednesday 11 March. There has been significant speculation that there will be a major...more
UK Tax News and Developments - The OTS publishes its report "Value added tax: routes to simplification" - On 7 November, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its first report on VAT, which included a range...more
The U.K. government mantra has for a number of years been: "Britain is open for business." This has been reflected in a number of areas relevant to U.K. domestic and foreign tax policy, including in a gradual reduction of the...more
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