Tag: tax avoidance schemes

Hopes dashed for appellants in De Silva case
Hopes dashed for appellants in De Silva case The Supreme Court yesterday (15 November) handed down its judgement in the case of R (on the application of De Silva and another) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The appellants in the De Silva case were limited partners in […]
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Some tax avoidance schemes do work
Some tax avoidance schemes do work… “Some tax avoidance schemes do work. They avoid tax by adopting a legitimate, justifiable and commercially sensible structure to achieve a result which could be achieved by other legitimate and justifiable means. Where, however, that structure is artificial or has no purpose other than […]
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