Issue: Vol 159, Issue 4105

KEITH GORDON, CHRIS JONES, PAULA TALLON and MIKE TRUMAN spoke at the Taxation Breakfast Briefing on 28 March in central London.

RICHARD CURTIS 'sits in' on another visit to the Taxables by their chartered tax adviser.

THAT CONFIDENTIAL MEMO that was accidentally left in the photocopier, the e-mail sent 'Reply all' by mistake — they all make their way to Whistleblower. Or so he says ...

FRANCESCA LAGERBERG and PAUL ROBERTS consider HMRC's recent announcement about an offshore disclosure facility

… but for the memories (and the tax advice!). STEPHANIE CHURCHILL looks at some of the issues surrounding the family home and a divorce.

Our client is a trading company with its shares held 100% by a parent company (there are no other companies in the group). The parent's only income is dividends from the subsidiary and the only...

A 'partnership', which comprises six members of a family, over two generations, owns a property which has been let for some years. Rental income has been declared on each individual's tax return. The...

We are at present seeking to restructure a client's farming operations and are a little uncertain as to the SDLT implications of what is being proposed. Farmer A presently owns land let on an old...

Readers' correspondence. Woof, woof! I am writing further to the 'Reader's forum' question, 'The Dog and Duck' (Taxation, 5/12 April 2007, p 415) about the tax deductibility of guard dogs. ...

Our client's father's main asset is his house, although the father's intention is to leave the whole of his estate to his son. Our client's father is concerned that property prices will continue to...

Too much cash From 15 June 2007, individuals travelling to or from a country outside the EU will need to declare any sums of cash of €10,000 (c £6,667) or more (or the equivalent in another currency)...

Longmark Tax Conferences Ltd, 13 June 2008. Reported by MARK McLAUGHLIN