September 6, 2022

Carry-forward of trading losses: generous…

…but not quite that generous. When a trade (or any other kind of business)...

August 26, 2022

Land remediation relief: more to it than leaky gas pipes

Companies benefit from a special tax relief for expenditure on remediating contaminated land: essentially,...

August 19, 2022

Murphy: tax implications of cost (non-)recovery

You successfully sue your employer for remuneration owed to you.  What you receive is...

August 17, 2022

Talking Tax with Guy Newall: non-resident landlord companies

Guy Newall has over 30 years’ experience in tax and is one of our...

August 10, 2022

Successful but stuck? It’s time for a strategic boost

Given the energy it takes to run a growing business and the amount of...

July 28, 2022

Tedesco: computing capital gain on disposal of shares

You’re selling shares in a company.  The company owes some debt – it might...

July 25, 2022

Buy-to-study: housing your student offspring

Updated 30 August 2023 It’s not long now before the next cohort of young...

July 22, 2022

CGT changes: good news for separating spouses

HMRC have recently published a number of items of draft legislation for inclusion in...

July 21, 2022

BlueCrest: first case on LLP ‘salaried member’ rules

BlueCrest Capital Management is a very large international hedge fund.  In 2020, it succeeded...

July 14, 2022

Turning information overload into useful data

The volume of data generated by people and businesses has long passed the point...

July 11, 2022

Alan Parry: another BSkyB deemed employee

The First-tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) have held in Alan Parry Productions Ltd v HMRC [2022]...

July 4, 2022

Talking Tax with Helena Kanczula: structuring an international acquisition

Helena Kanczula joined BKL in March 2022 as our newest Tax Director, with more...