In brief

HMRC has published guidance on the stamp duty land tax treatment of cross-border transactions. See here.

Cyprus

The UK and Cyprus double taxation treaty was signed on 22 March. It will enter into force when both countries have completed their legislative procedures. See here.

VAT

HMRC has published VAT Notes 2018 Issue 1. It explains what to do about paying VAT the digitisation of the VAT retail export scheme and the introduction of the tobacco products manufacturing machine licensing scheme.

Talking points

HMRC is holding these webinars: Input tax recovery in relation to option to tax on 5 April; The role of HMRC as a creditor in voluntary arrangements on 12 April; and Guide to claiming creative tax reliefs on 24 April. Each...