Mike Truman

Mike was Taxation's editor from August 2004 to March 2015. He is a lecturer and author who has worked in tax for local, national and international organisations. He was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the 2015 Taxation Awards. He can be contacted at trumanma@gmail.com.

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MIKE TRUMAN looks at saving and investment proposals in the Pre-Budget Report.

An initial response to the Pre-Budget Report by MIKE TRUMAN and others.

Comment

Unguided Missives

MIKE TRUMAN comments on the latest response from the Inland Revenue on section 660a.

Before taking on the editorship of Taxation, I spent most of my working week lecturing to tax practitioners. One of the topics I lectured on was small business tax planning, and obviously I dealt with the advantage of incorporating one person businesses, possibly with husband and wife shareholdings.

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Gordon's Gift Horse

MIKE TRUMAN asks whether an already improved set of charitable tax reliefs could be improved still further.

Pre-Owned Assets

The ABI Letter

MIKE TRUMAN looks at the letter sent by the Inland Revenue to the Association of British Insurers dealing with the pre-owned assets legislation.

News

Revenue news

Legal privilege

Comment

MIKE TRUMAN asks whether the fight over legal professional privilege should be abandoned quite so easily.

'Actually, as Winston well knew, it was only four years since Oceania had been at war with Eastasia and in alliance with Eurasia. But this was a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control. Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.' (1984, George Orwell)

Casebook Revisited

Valuation Nighmare Part II

MIKE TRUMAN explains what happened next after Taxation revealed strange goings-on in a south coast valuation case.

Tax Recruitment

Boomtown Tax

MIKE TRUMAN looks at the current state of the tax recruitment market.

Comment

How Rich is Rich?

It is not only the rich who pay tax at more than basic rate, says MIKE TRUMAN. Are we sure that the right people are being targeted?

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Once is Happenstance?

MIKE TRUMAN asks whether UK domicile and residence laws will ever be reformed.