12/10/2025 5:13:15 PM Macfarlanes and The Institute for Turnaround (The IFT) publish update on the business funding landscape By Jat Bains Laura Bretherton Adam Caines Kirstie Hutchinson Katherine Hensby +2 more... Show less The Macfarlanes Finance team have worked with The IFT on their recent report on the latest update on the business funding landscape,...
12/10/2025 5:13:05 PM HMRC's guidance: what is it good for? By Sarah Ling Jack Slater Taxpayers and advisers make widespread use of HMRC’s guidance when interpreting the tax legislation. However, the guidance is often of...
12/10/2025 5:12:45 PM The new Labour Government: challenges and opportunities By Bezhan Salehy David Gauke Following Labour’s landslide general election victory, Sir Keir Starmer has appointed a new set of Treasury ministers, led by the...
12/10/2025 5:12:36 PM Rectification in the FTT: the fix for a lack of jurisdiction By Gideon Sanitt Sophie Rhind In a Tax Journal article, Gideon Sanitt and Sophie Rhind comment on the recent case of Cooke in the FTT. Although the FTT does not have...
12/10/2025 5:11:32 PM New anti-avoidance legislation: the liquidation of LLPs By Gideon Sanitt Victoria Braid In this article in the Tax Journal, we comment on the recent FTT case, GCH Corporation, which highlighted the potential for tax avoidance...
12/10/2025 5:10:43 PM Carried interest tax reform: next steps By Damien Crossley Bezhan Salehy In this article for Tax Journal, we comment on the Government's latest announcement in relation to carried interest and the next steps....
12/10/2025 5:10:32 PM The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax By Bezhan Salehy Rebecca Rose Elvira Colomer Fatjo In this article for Tax Journal, Bezhan Salehy, Rebecca Rose and Elvira Colomer Fatjó take a practical look at UK interest withholding...
12/10/2025 5:10:12 PM Closing the tax gap: HMRC's approach to "legal interpretation disputes" By Sarah Ling Jackelyn West In this article for Tax Journal, Sarah Ling and Jackelyn West comment on the “Transformation Roadmap” for the modernisation of HMRC and...
9/30/2025 9:09:07 AM The BPR dilemma: IHT funding challenges for family-controlled businesses By Sarah Ling Ellen Wildig In Tax Journal, Sarah Ling and Ellen Wildig explore the wider impact for family-controlled businesses of the upcoming reforms to business...
10/27/2023 12:00:00 AM ATAD 3: EU crackdown on shell entities - is there any sign of life? By James McCredie Rhiannon Kinghall Were ATAD 3, also known as the Unshell directive, is an EU measure that will impose minimum substance requirements for holding companies. This...
9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM You’re barred: failure to disclose in the FTT By Sophie Rhind Victoria Braid In a Tax Journal article, Sophie Rhind and Victoria Braid comment on the strict approach taken by the FTT to HMRC’s failure to comply...
8/7/2023 12:00:00 AM Reviewing the HMRC consultation on transfer pricing reform By Bezhan Salehy Deep Shah In a Tax Journal article, Bezhan Salehy and Deep Shah review the Government’s extensive package of proposals that touch most areas of the...
7/17/2023 12:00:00 AM Pillar Two: compatibility of the UTPR with double tax treaties By Bezhan Salehy Sarah Ling In a Tax Journal article, Bezhan Salehy and Sarah Ling examine whether the Pillar Two undertaxed profits rule is susceptible to challenge...
7/10/2023 12:00:00 AM Carried interest taxation: the European landscape By George Apps In a recent Tax Journal article, Ceinwen Rees and George Apps compare the UK’s carried interest regime to European models. Over the past...
6/5/2023 12:00:00 AM Pillar Two: the consequences of staggered global implementation By Rhiannon Kinghall Were Despite attempts to coordinate implementation of the OECD’s Pillar Two project to introduce a minimum tax to a global schedule, countries...
5/15/2023 12:00:00 AM LLPs and intangibles: avoiding traps in M&A and intra-group transfers By Gregory Price Intra-group transfers of intangible fixed assets (IFAs) to or from LLPs are increasingly common as precursors to M&A transactions or...