Issue: Vol 164, Issue 4230

Is it finally time to consign the IR35 rules to the dustbin of history? ANNE REDSTON certainly thinks so and gives her reasons for this

Grace has been sent back to the First-tier Tribunal for reconsideration. MIKE TRUMAN looks at the judgment

...Danish, Spanish and other EU VAT claims will have a new electronic system for reclaiming tax from January 2010. NEIL WARREN explains

You don’t agree with HMRC’s interpretation of the tax law? XIMENA MONTES MANZANO explains when the principle that was established in Pepper v Hart can be applied

A married couple signed forms R85 to have interest paid without the deduction of tax, but these were not processed. Will they now have to submit tax repayment claims, or can the bank repay the tax to...

How to negotiate problems with HMRC’s central agent authorisation process. Do these have to be dealt with on a client-by-client basis?

A mother suffering from a terminal illness has set up a trust in favour of her daughter and has transferred a half share of her house into it

A client paid tax on time, based on her 2007/08 tax return. The return appears not to have been received and the tax was repaid by HMRC

Claiming a refund from discretionary trust income; applying for the VAT flat-rate scheme; treatment of client’s finder’s fee; IR35 and National Insurance

HMRC guidance relates to case of RLRE Tellmer

Hartnett exhorts viewers to use NDO or face prosecution

Welsh language VAT notes now online

New pages for stamp taxes section

New booklet from HMRC

Online advice on XBRL