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Tax
The UK’s Global Tariff – is timing everything?
May 19th 2020 was a busy day for UK trade lawyers. First of all, the UK published a draft UK-EU Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. In addition, it published drafts of… Read more »
Covid-19: the temporary framework for fiscal state aid
Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho considers the details of the European Commission’s temporary arrangement for the 17th April issue of Tax Journal. You can read her full article on Tax Journal’s website here…. Read more »
Starbucks and Fiat Crysler: is the European Commission defending national tax regimes?
This note by Timothy Lyons QC was first published by Sweet & Maxwell Limited as “Starbucks and Fiat Chrysler: is the European Commission defending national tax regimes?” – British Tax… Read more »
Customs duty and import VAT in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has made a statement concerning customs duty and import VAT in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is available here…. Read more »
BMA action on pensions tax
The British Medical Association has been engaging with HM Treasury, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Welsh Government and NHS England about the impact of the taxation of… Read more »
High Court refers case on an Irish bankrupt’s claim to his personal pension scheme to Luxembourg
Nugee J has ordered a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the EU in a dispute over a bankrupt’s claim to his personal pension scheme which has not… Read more »
VAT in the UK after Brexit – Timothy Lyons QC (Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht (TFR))
Timothy Lyons QC’s article ‘VAT in the UK after Brexit’ has been published in Belgian journal Tijdschrift voor Fiscaal Recht. Please click here to view the article (please note that… Read more »
Vikram Sachdeva QC successful in Court of Appeal judicial review/tax case
In Knibbs v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 1719 [2019] BTC 28 (see here) several hundred claimants sought to argue, in proceedings issued in the Chancery Division, that, for procedural reasons,… Read more »
STEP – Multiple Taxation on Death: The Taxpayer’s Nightmare
Timothy Lyons QC will be speaking at the 2019 Special Interest Spotlight Session, presented by STEP, on Friday 22 November 2019. Timothy’s session will be titled ‘Multiple Taxation on Death:… Read more »
International Tax Congress 2019
Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho spoke at the International Tax Congress 2019 on 27 June 2019. Kelly participated in the panel session on The Latest on State aid. For full information, please click… Read more »
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