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Family investment companies (FICs) are frequently touted by tax advisers as the silver bullet to a client’s estate planning problems.

The transfer of assets abroad (ToAA) code is a cornerstone of the UK’s anti-avoidance regime, designed to prevent individuals from avoiding UK income tax by transferring assets to persons abroa

The 2024 Budget announced several major changes for inheritance tax, marking a radical reform of this tax akin to the 2006 changes for trusts.

Simon York CBE is a former Director of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service and has spent his career in tax and financial investigation.

HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap was published on 21 July 2025 and is an extensive vision for HMRC’s future and the future UK tax system (see tinyurl.com/bdd

In the March issue of Tax Adviser, I discussed the case of Sarah Yaxley v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 51 (TC) (‘The power of a single word’).

The consultation proposed two different approaches to reform:

The CIOT response

The CIOT supports the aligning of appeals processes between direct and indirect taxes because it would help to mitigate the confusion and misunderstandings that&n

The CIOT response

The CIOT supports the government in taking a robust approach to those who continue to devise, promote or sell mass-marketed tax avoidance schemes.

In the realms of private client advice, the tapestry of tax, financial and legal guidance can be so tightly interwoven that distinguishing where one thread ends and the other begins can b