Could you be at risk of losing your lifetime allowance protection?
The lifetime allowance (LTA) represents the limit on the amount of pension savings that can be...
Payments to personal service companies: operation of PAYE
If you either supply your services through a personal service company (“PSC”) or are...
Invalid invoice… reverse charge VAT… input VAT recoverable?
Earlier this month, in a decision handed down from the Court of Justice of...
QIPs – no laughing matter: CT payments and company size
For some years now, “large companies” have been required to pay their Corporation Tax...
SDRT: an ideal tax?
Stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT) is probably one of the least known taxes in...
Sales, Property and Viability: SPVs and tax
Traditionally, the development of property for sale has often been carried out through a...
Import VAT recovery: a taste of things to come?
A recent brief issued by HMRC (Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2019)) deals with...
Faith, hope and foreign charity
David Whiscombe examines the issues around UK tax relief on charitable donations. Charity begins...
IR35 and contracts of employment
In an article for Taxation magazine, BKL consultant David Whiscombe examines how apparently similar...
An ER lifeboat: past loss of trading status
David Whiscombe highlights an anomaly that may occasionally be vital. Entrepreneurs’ relief is a very...
Mexit: tax on marriage breakdown
David Whiscombe reflects on relationship breakdown. As if to remind us that relationships other...
Starbucks – CofFees: employees’ tuition costs and tax implications
It’s reported that Starbucks is to offer to pay tuition fees for its staff...