Revenue law: principles and practice, 23rd edition
Exposing a further problem in the pre-owned assets legislation
FEW READERS CAN honestly believe that the non-corporate distribution rate rules represent the best of recent tax policy. First, they were introduced in a rush; secondly, they introduced a large amount of unnecessary complexity; thirdly, but for the complexity, their overall effect is more or less akin to the repeal of the corporation tax starting rate.