The dust has finally settled on the quick-fire legislation introduced to encourage tax compliant behaviour among groups which are suppliers to the UK government. The outcome is that the government has introduced an additional set of questions to be answered by suppliers during the selection process, to reject companies found to be engaging in attempted tax avoidance.
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The new guidance is not meant to reflect a substantial change to UK law, but the requirement that tax advice is ‘likely to be correct’ imposes unrealistic expectations
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