Is a UK viable general anti-avoidance rule possible?

September 30, 2011

The deadline for the latest review of the feasibility of a general anti-avoidance rule for the UK falls at the end of October. Georgina Colegate-Stone of Exeter College, Oxford takes a fresh look at the arguments for and against in the light of recent cases in the UK and elsewhere.

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