To celebrate International Women's Day 2024, we have produced a special episode of RPC's Taxing Matters podcast in which we discuss this year's campaign theme #InspireInclusion and what it means to each of our guest speakers.   RPC's Taxing Matters host and Senior Associate in RPC's Tax Disputes team, Alexis Armitage is joined by three inspirational female leaders working in tax:  Tasneem Kadiri, Tax Director for UK & Ireland at L’Oréal.  Dipti Thakrar, M&A Tax Practice Lead at Hitachi Energy.   Ashling Donnelly, Head of Tax at Trainline. Hosted on Acast. S ..read more

In this episode, RPC's Taxing Matters Host and Senior Associate in RPC's Tax Disputes team, Alexis Armitage, will be discussing the taxation of international sports and rock stars with leading silk, Patrick Way KC.   Patrick is one of the founders of Field Court Tax Chambers. He has successfully represented clients at all levels of the UK court system and has acted for both taxpayers and HMRC.   In this episode, the following will be discussed: How HMRC treat payments when musicians sell their rights in respect of recordings and publishing rights How the worldwide sponsorship in ..read more

As the cost of living crisis bites more than ever this year, in this special Christmas episode of RPC's Taxing Matters, we bring you some Christmas cheer by way of a light-hearted discussion of some of the potential ways you may be able to reduce your tax bill. In addition, we'll also have a quick look at Santa's tax position in the run up to Christmas and whether he might be guilty of tax avoidance … or even tax evasion!   We are delighted to be joined by guest speaker Sam Brodsky. Sam is a barrister at Gray's Inn Tax Chambers and has a busy practice covering the full range of UK tax, co ..read more

In this episode of Taxing Matters, we are joined by Jeremy Johnson, managing director of inTAX Limited.  Jeremy helps clients to manage and resolve HMRC enquiries, and disclosures. Prior to joining inTAX six years ago, Jeremy worked in the tax disputes and investigations team at PwC and Grant Thornton, and before that was an inspector of taxes at HMRC.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In this episode of Taxing Matters, we are handing over the podcast baton and introducing our new host Alexis Armitage, who is a Senior Associate in RPC's Tax Disputes Team. We couldn’t think of any better way to say our final goodbyes to the fabulous Alice other than by putting her in the hot seat to discuss the topic of the moment, sanctions.   Alice  is an employed barrister at RPC who specialises in sanctions and fraud investigations and litigation conducted by the various UK regulatory bodies.   She has advised financial institutions, corporates and charities on th ..read more

One of the things that becomes clear over the course of one's career is that enforcement trends are important for businesses to be aware of. It is important to notice, not just the macro trends like sanctions compliance and fraud enforcement, but also smaller trends; campaigns against particular tax risks and the relegation of certain information gathering powers to relative obscurity.   In this episode of Taxing Matters, we discuss the rise in one of the smaller trends, the resurgence of the use of the VAT security provisions. These provisions aren't new, but they are experiencing a ..read more

Have you ever wondered about the language we use when we talk about tax? And does that language influence or betray how we feel about tax as individuals or as a society? It turns out it is a hot topic of discussion.   In this episode of Taxing Matters, we are delighted to be joined by Kirstie Skates, founder of “Illume Linguistics”. Illume Linguistics are a team of linguistics experts who specialise in using techniques from language science to analyse organisational customer and community discourse. Their focus is on identifying the underlying assumptions and gaps in understandi ..read more

As questions of economic resource allocation push to the forefront of the national consciousness there has been a rise in the number of people calling for either new taxes or wholesale tax reform. This has been mirrored by the increase in lobby groups such as Patriotic Millionaires UK a lobby group of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals who feel that they should be doing more. There are also a number of groups who are calling for a lower upper tax bracket in order to stimulate the economy.   In this episode of Taxing Matters, we discuss wealth tax and whether such a tax sh ..read more

We all know the benefits which networking and creating a supportive space in which to learn and ask questions can bring to our individual practices. Today we want to highlight one of the award-winning networks which is helping to develop networking opportunities within tax together with the benefits it can bring as highlighted by two of its amazing committee members.   In this episode of Taxing Matters, we discuss the Women in Tax network and the benefits it can bring for all professionals. We are joined by its Chair Tasneem Kadiri and Events Committee Member, Alexis Armitage. In additio ..read more

Whilst different tax systems try to reach similar outcomes, they often achieve that via different routes and by applying different methodologies, but what do you need to bear in mind when considering UK and US cross-border matters?   In this episode of Taxing Matters, we are joined by Alex Jones and Graeme Privett, who share their insights and views on how the US and UK are less similar than people might think and how this could lead well-meaning taxpayers into avoidable difficulties. Alex and Graeme are both Partner's at Rawlinson & Hunter. Alex has 30 years experience in US an ..read more