Issue: Vol 155, Issue 4016

MIKE TRUMAN grudgingly agrees with a new section in HMRC's CGT Manual on business asset taper relief. SOMEDAY I WILL start a campaign for HMRC to note each page of each manual on their website with...

MIKE TRUMAN looks at this week's blockbuster release, and wonders about J K Rowling's tax bill. THE PUBLICATION OF Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince this weekend will add more millions to author...

MARK McLAUGHLIN CTA (Fellow), ATT, TEP, considers a problem with Code of Practice 10 taper relief rulings on trading company status, and offers a possible solution. IT ALWAYS WORRIES me when HM...

The National Audit Office's report on filing of self assessment tax returns is put under the microscope by ALLISON PLAGER.

Following the recent Live 8 events, MARIA KITT wonders if tax practitioners can play a more active role in fighting world poverty.

PHIL BERWICK considers HMRC's prosecution policy in the light of recent cases. WHAT DO A chartered accountant, a photographer and a company director have in common? The answer is they have all been...

TaxAid conference: Tax Planning for the Family and Family Company, 1 July 2005, reported by REBECCA CAVE FCA, CTA, director of Taxwriter Ltd.