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Chris Williams is a tax author, AccountingWeb contributor, co-editor with Satwaki Chanda of Bloomsbury's CGT reliefs for SMEs and contributor to Claritax Books. Main interests are Rugby (either code), motorbikes (volunteer bloodbiker) and crosswords. Lifetime ambitions: lead Wales to World Cup glory (hope fading); win IoM Senior TT (hopeless); Times Crossword Champion (hope springs eternal).

Chris Williams

15th Jun 2021

Judicial review denies CIOT member’s challenge

Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) member David Hannah was the principal consultant of Cornerstone Tax Advisers (Cornerstone) – a...

HMRC & policy

4th Jun 2021

Racy tale of lavish gifts ends with large tax bill

Stephen J Mullens’ ( TC08112 ) attempted to persuade HMRC and the first-tier tribunal (FTT) that huge payments he received from racing...

Personal tax

24th May 2021

Botched winding-up costs accountant £600k income tax

They say no good deed goes unpunished and this was certainly the fate of Mr. Khan when he was buying a company and using share repurchase...

Personal tax

18th May 2021

HMRC wins Skinner trust entrepreneurs’ relief case

A trust that included shares in Quintin Skinner’s company DPAS was created in 2015. In December that year, the trustees disposed of those...

Personal tax

17th May 2021

Furnished holiday letting in the time of Covid

Last year furnished holiday landlords faced a bleak summer as the Covid-19 pandemic threatened to wipe out their year. In the event the...

Personal tax

4th May 2021

Working from home: Get the details right

Set aside the jibes about “shirking from home” because the indications are that employees working from home (WFH) as a general practice is...

Business tax

23rd Apr 2021

New tax year resolutions for individuals and smaller businesses

Working from home? Claim deductions This is an opportunity for employers and employees alike. An employee who works from home can claim a...

Business tax

3rd Mar 2021

Budget 2021: Five year personal tax ice age

The Chancellor’s announcement that personal tax rates and bands would remain unchanged was a classic piece of increasing taxation without...

Personal tax

19th Feb 2021

Fixing the definition of ordinary shares for ER

The latest case to delve into the meaning of ordinary share capital for entrepreneurs’ relief is Warshaw ( HMRC v Stephen Warshaw ([2020]...

Personal tax

15th Jan 2021

No IHT relief for holiday lets

It seems no year is complete without the first-tier tribunal having heard at least one doomed appeal against an HMRC’s refusal of IHT...

Business tax

Judicial review denies CIOT member’s challenge

Racy tale of lavish gifts ends with large tax bill

Botched winding-up costs accountant £600k income tax

HMRC wins Skinner trust entrepreneurs’ relief case

Furnished holiday letting in the time of Covid

Working from home: Get the details right

New tax year resolutions for individuals and smaller businesses

Budget 2021: Five year personal tax ice age

Fixing the definition of ordinary shares for ER

No IHT relief for holiday lets

HMRC ups pressure on agency staffing due diligence

Budget predictions and how to follow breaking news

A small practitioner’s journey into MTD

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