Issue: Vol 155, Issue 4021

GARRY HUGHES reviews the House of Lords' decision in MacDonald v Dextra.

Agony uncle RICHARD CURTIS wonders if men and women and same-sex couples can ever have a meaningful fiscal relationship without tax rearing its ugly head. THE TAXPAYER IN the recent case of PM v UK...

Reviewed by REBECCA CAVE, director of Taxwriter Ltd; www.taxwriter.co.uk

PHILLIP HENWOOD of 4 Eyes Ltd provides VAT advice on property issues to the construction sector. A CHARITY DEDICATED to promotion of the performing arts is based in a large 1930s building, comprising...

ZAFAR REZVI considers the impact of compliance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 on tax investigations.

RICHARD CURTIS reviews a recent Commons' committee report.

DEAN WOOTTEN discusses the pros and cons of holding residential property in a self-invested personal pension. THE ABILITY TO hold residential property in a self-invested personal pension post 5 April...

JOHN ENDACOTT considers pension planning both before and after A day. TONY BLAIR FAMOUSLY referred to 'education, education, education'. For this third Labour administration, the phrase 'pensions,...

Correspondence from readers on topical subjects.

Going Dutch

I refer to the article by Richard Curtis, 'Shelling out' (Taxation 28 July 2005, page 430).