by Stephen Outhwaite | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Background HMRC has been involved in a long-running battle against arrangements that it believed were little more than devices to circumvent the operation of PAYE and NIC by employers. Typically, this involved the directors of owner-managed businesses and contractors...
by Stephen Outhwaite | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is a non-tax specific article, but it is regarding an issue that potentially affects us all in practice. Yet more red tape to tie us in practice or an important safeguard – we will let you decide! GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation and is a term...
by Stephen Outhwaite | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
As the Criminal Finance Act beds in, we thought it was worth just pausing to take a breath and see how it affects us and what we are seeing in practice. The general view is very much along the lines of an awareness that there is uncertainty as to how the new...
by Stephen Outhwaite | Dec 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
The debate about tax avoidance continues unabated, with recent headline grabbers including the “Paradise Papers” which revealed that – surprise surprise – individuals and entities held assets and investments through offshore structures and a...
by Stephen Outhwaite | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
So, the “Paradise Papers” – following on from the Mossack Fonseca “Panama Papers” – don’t really contain any surprises other than the Duchy of Lancaster obliquely popping up. Lord Ashcroft has been in the spotlight for some...