1 General

  • Tax scams
  • Pruning of Conservative manifesto following election
  • Welsh tax policy framework

2 Private client

  • Charity Commission bans corporate trustee for 15 years

3 Trust, estates and IHT

  • HMRC's non-statutory clearance service

4 PAYE and employment

  • Professional bodies approved for tax relief

5 Business tax

  • EU Council extends directive on hybrid mismatches
  • Tax scheme results in tax being paid twice
  • European Commission Conference on tax fairness

6 VAT

  • EU extends the cross-border VAT rulings project
  • Liability of the supply of temporary workers
  • Duplicate contract bridge is a 'sport'

7 And finally

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