President's page, December 2019
December is traditionally a month for looking back over the year and reflecting on what has been achieved.
December is traditionally a month for looking back over the year and reflecting on what has been achieved.
In the January 2018 issue of Tax Adviser, I wrote an article ‘Manual transmission’ in which I considered the High Court’s dismissal of a judicial review claim brou
February 2019 celebrated the 15 year anniversary of the launch of Facebook, a US based social media and social networking service that initially launched online before being developed into a mobile
The Office of Tax Simplification released an unusual report on Halloween – just before Parliament was dissolved for the general election.
Tax technology is increasingly seen as the answer for how tax departments can do more with less.
In the build up to Christmas, I usually find time amongst the manic present wrapping sessions and the social events to go to a carol service.
Having joined the CIOT just a month earlier, and having largely been a VAT specialist throughout my tax career, I had paid little attention at the Budget of March 2015 when George Osborne proclaime
As outlined in Rob Janering’s article in July, four VAT ‘quick fixes’ for cross-border supplies of goods are due to come into force on 1 January 2020.
Many countries are concerned that the profits-based international tax system is ill-suited for the digital world, where tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Amazon generate significant val
When pensions flexibility (or ‘pensions freedom’) was introduced from 6 April 2015, the government – understandably – wanted to prevent taxpayers from doubling up on tax relief through ‘recycling’,