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Tax avoidance

Expert commentary and practical guidance from ICAEW related to tax avoidance and ensuring compliance with UK tax regime.

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Practical guidance

ICAEW's Tax Faculty produces TAXguides to provide practical support on technical areas of tax.

TAXguide 02/16 (TECH 06/16 TAX)

Company Distributions : transactions in securities regime and liquidation distributions targeted anti-avoidance rule. Note of meeting with HMRC on 26 January 2016 published by ICAEW Tax Faculty.

TAXguide 05/13

HMRC Comments on treatment of liabilities for inheritance tax purposes

TAXguide 05/12

Guidance on Aggressive tax avoidance schemes – what you need to bear in mind

Features and articles

Tax news in brief 21 June 2023

Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 21 June 2023, including: employer updates; income record viewer video; deadline to create agent services account for repayment claims; raising awareness of tax avoidance schemes; corporate interest restriction reporting companies; and interactive guidance and gform for self-employed taxpayers working abroad.

Tax news in brief 12 April 2023

Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 12 April 2023, including: pension lump sums; HMRC’s Digital Disclosure Service; digital services tax; partnerships holding UK residential property; till system disclosures; and disguised remuneration instalment arrangements.

Webinars and recordings

Managing tax risks in a complex world

Join BDO’s James Egert, Karen Riley, Steven Levine and Carrie Rutland as they take a high-level overview of the key risks that companies face in making disclosures, submitting accurate returns and applying the law correctly.

Tax Round-up 2020

This webinar from the Tax Faculty provides a round up of all the measures that are under review and subject to consultation, and how the faculty will be responding.

Budget update

The Tax Faculty's essential budget webinar.

Bloomsbury Accounting and Tax Service

Eligible firms have free access to Bloomsbury Professional's comprehensive online library, comprising more than 60 titles from some of the country's leading tax and accounting subject matter experts. Find out who is eligible and how you can access the Accounting and Tax Service.

Tax planning versus tax avoidance

Expert commentary on how to draw a line between tax planning, tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion, in relation to capital gains tax.

Selling the owner-managed business or company

Tax planning advice on selling a family or owner-managed company, written for anyone who advises or runs one.

Remuneration strategies

Chapter containing advice on remuneration strategies and tax planning, written for anyone who advises or runs a family or owner-managed company.

Anti-avoidance rules: structure

A chapter covering two kinds of anti-avoidance rules which aim to tackle some of the tax avoidance techniques used by multinational entities: controlled foreign companies (CFC) legislation, and anti-hybrid rules relating to entity mismatches.

Anti-avoidance rules: finance

A chapter discussing the interest restriction rules that some countries have adopted in an attempt to prevent multinational entities from using intra-group financial arrangements to reduce their group tax liabilities.

Beyond BEPS 1.0

A chapter outlining the OECD's BEPS 2.0 project, which builds upon the earlier BEPS 1.0 initiative.

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Mandatory disclosure rules

Contains 39 national reports from experts in international tax law with strong knowledge in the OECD/G20 BEPS Project and EU developments where they discuss their countries' objectives and experiences regarding the impact and implementation of MDR.

Mandatory disclosure rules in the United Kingdom

A chapter examining the mandatory disclosure regimes which apply in the UK, including the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) regime, and the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes: VAT and Other Indirect Taxes (DASVOIT) regime.

Anti-avoidance

A section providing an overview of the UK's anti-avoidance rules relating to corporate taxation. Covers the general anti-abuse rule (GAAR), disclosure of tax avoidance schemes (DOTAS) rules, Pillar Two, transfer pricing legislation, limitations on interest deductibility, the controlled foreign company (CFC) charge, and the legislation on hybrid mismatches.

Anti-avoidance

A chapter summarising HMRC's present strategy with regard to tax avoidance. Includes an overview of the various rules and legislation in this area.

Taxation agency and advice

A section on possible liabilities for accountants undertaking activities relating to taxation — both compliance and advisory work.

What everyone needs to know about tax

A straightforward explanation of tax and the policy behind it for non-specialists, with coverage of recent controversies and illustrative case studies.

UK tax system: an introduction, The (3rd edition)

Guide to the UK tax system for tax practitioners and students.

VAT and property : guidance on the application of VAT to UK property transactions and the property sector

A practical guide to applying VAT to UK property transactions.

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ICAEW REP 100-23 Draft Finance Bill 2023-24

ICAEW welcomes the opportunity to provide evidence on the Draft Finance Bill 2023-24 to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee.

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