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Fewer than 50% of mid-sized businesses have a formal process in place to track off-payroll workers, despite the IR35 rules for the private sector coming into force five months ago, according to research by accountancy firm BDO

The Law Society has responded to HMRC’s consultation seeking views on ways to help taxpayers get their offshore tax right first time.

Responding to HMRC’s consultation on raising standards in the tax advice market, the Law Society supports the principle of mandatory professional indemnity insurance (PII) for anyone who provides tax advice, so long as the new regime does not create additional burdens for regulated professionals who are already subject to minimum PII requirements.

The Law Society is seeking views on its response to the previously announced HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) call for evidence on the value added tax (VAT) rules which relates to land and property

The Law Society has responded to HMRC’s consultation on a range of new measures to disrupt the business models relied on by promoters of tax avoidance

Nick Leigh reports on the occasional eyebrow-raising qualities of tax law

Behemoth case SKAT, brought by the Danish tax authorities in hot pursuit of £1.5bn lost in alleged dividend tax fraud, was one of the biggest civil litigation claims to come before the English courts, writes Rosenblatt senior associate Nick Leigh in this week’s NLJ.

Denmark has been ordered to pay indemnity costs to more than 90 defendants after losing its claim for recovery of more than £1.5bn lost in an alleged dividend trading fraud.

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has published a report which notes that the stamp duty holiday has increased sales figures by almost 140%

Property buyers may be overpaying millions of pounds of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) each year, tax specialists Cornerstone has warned

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Tax

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Bird & Bird—Gordon Moir

DWF—Stephen Hickling