Dodwell: Objectivity and the GAAR

Deloitte’s head of tax ponders whether its possible to tackle tax avoidance without personal sensitivities affecting the approach

Everyone has now sent in their responses to the government’s consultation on a General Anti-Abuse Rule for the UK. I heard on the grapevine that a lobbying organisation has persuaded its activists to send in responses – with the unhappy result that HMRC has hundreds of identical letters to wade through.

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