Cady Stanton writes for Tax Notes: Wyden Questions IRS on Jeffrey Epstein’s Tax Planning Services Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The top Senate Democratic taxwriter is pressing the IRS on why it didn’t audit or investigate convicted sex trafficker
Ali Lyon writes for City AM (July 16, 2025) HMRC doesn’t know how many billionaires are in Britain Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. HMRC does not know how many billionaires pay tax in the UK or how much they contribute,
Matt Kenyon writes (August 8, 2025): HMRC must disclose AI involvement in tax decisions Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. A court has ruled that HMRC must disclose if it uses artificial intelligence (AI) in key decisions relating to granting research and
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”: Genesis 4-9. It has widely been reported that accountancy firm Bennett Verby has become the first entity against which charges have been brought under Part 3 Criminal
Francesco Di Bari writes (22 April 2025) Italy: Landmark decision on the taxation of indirect lending Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Francesco Di Bari of Alma LED explains how an Italian Supreme Court ruling marks a pivotal shift in the tax
Trusts are essential to the operation of national and international commerce. UBO laws around the world are destabilising the use of trusts. THE UBO LAWS Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. All EU and EEA Member States have to implement the UBO
In Commissioner of Taxation v SEPL Pty Ltd as trustee of the SFT Trust [2025] FCA 581, Trustee directors were held to be employees for FBT purposes. The Federal Court has held that the sole directors (three brothers) of a corporate trustee were employees of the trustee and that they
The ABA reports (July 18 2023) https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2023-july/back-to-the-basics-the-importance-of-understanding-the-rule-of-law-tech-change/ Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Back to the Basics: The Importance of Understanding the Rule of Law in an Era of Rapid Technological Change
The Liberty Global case is attracting widespread attention. Here’s why, and where it might lead. THE DECISION Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. In The United States District Court For The District Of Colorado: Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson https://assets.
Deloitte Tax hand reports (May 21, 2025) https://www.taxathand.com/article/38933/Germany/2025/BFH-clarifies-Foreign-Tax-Act-income-adjustment-rule-for-permanent-establishments Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. BFH clarifies Foreign Tax Act income adjustment rule for permanent establishments In two decisions both dated 18 December 2024 (and
Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy writes: https://www.law-democracy.org/ Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. While there is no formal hierarchy among the protected rights, the European Court has repeatedly referred to the overriding importance of freedom
A useful roundup: https://www.squirepattonboggs.com/-/media/files/insights/publications/2017/02/general-antiavoidance-regimes-alert.pdf Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. As new legislation that targets tax avoidance continues to be released globally, General Anti-Avoidance Regimes (GAARs) are springing up in