By way of a short break from everything Budget-related, a short article about some very questionable litigation tactics being employed by tax avoidance firm “Property118”.
HMRC designated two structures used by Property118 as "tax avoidance schemes". Property118 are appealing to a tax tribunal, and have asked their clients to provide witness statements. That's perfectly normal. But what's not normal at all is that Property118 are directing the content of the witness statements.
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