Wales will introduce the Land Transaction Tax (LTT), its own version of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), in April 2018 but the lower threshold for the tax has already been reduced by the Welsh Government.
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HMRC has published a summary of responses to ‘Fraud on provision of labour in the construction sector: consultation on VAT and other policy options’. It includes details of a new domestic reverse charge.
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Following the introduction by Finance Act (No2) 2017 of the disguised remuneration loan charge with effect from 6 April 2019, HMRC have issued guidance on how to make an application to postpone the charge.
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We start the year with Agent and Employer updates and consultations from HMRC.
In HMRC v English Holdings (BVI) Limited [2017] UKUT 0842 TCC, the Upper Tribunal (UT) concluded that losses subject to corporation tax could be set against profits subject to income tax.
The OECD have published a new consultation “Mandatory Disclosure Rules for Addressing CRS Avoidance Arrangements and Offshore Structures”, it considers whether additional reporting requirements will reduce cross border tax evasion.
On 1 December 2017, HMRC published a new consultation, “Corporate Interest Restriction: Tax response to accounting changes for leasing”, on ways to ensure the corporate interest restriction rules work as intended following the introduction of IFRS16 Leases.
On 1 December 2017, HMRC published a summary of the responses to its discussion document “Lease Accounting Changes: Tax Response", combined with a new consultation “Leasing: Tax response to accounting changes”, on proposed new rules to take effect from 1 January 2019.