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Articles by Fiona Fernie
Naming and shaming in tax compliance
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Is Bitcoin on the brink of historic highs?
Bitcoin, the world’s most famous cryptocurrency, has experienced a notable rise, recording a price of $72,264 at the beginning of trading on Thursday. In my opinion, this positive trend is closely tied to the current geopolitical conditions and the expectations surrounding the U.S. elections, where Donald Trump’s potential victory is viewed as an additional catalyst pushing prices toward new levels.
Potential Fed rate cut next week could bolster gold’s upside
Gold has been hovering just below $2,790/oz, briefly losing steam and retreating toward $2,770/oz, indicating persistent selling pressure that has yet to shake the metal’s enduring role as a hedge. This recent consolidation reflects a balance of short-term profit-taking and investor positioning, with the upcoming U.S. election, potential Fed rate cut, and looming potential tariff if a republican sweep is realised all adding a layer of uncertainty and appeal to risk-hedging instruments like gold.
Labour lied and cheated their way to power, the Budget saw their fraud laid bare
Like the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing, Labour under Starmer, Rayner and Reeves, promised voters they were reformed characters, who had abandoned the old ways of high-taxation and big borrowing. What a massive pile of excrement that turned out to be! As predicted by yours truly the UK Government shed its centre-left disguise to give businesses a good kicking, and then went wild with the company credit card. They looked the UK public squarely in the eye and lied through their teeth.
Reeves’ won’t raise an additional £6.5 billion a year by 2029/30 tax avoidance clampdown
Despite the Chancellor’s suggestion that she is going to raise £6.5 billion in additional tax revenue per year using measures to ‘close the tax gap’, it is difficult to see how this is going to be achieved. The provisions set out show that only 200 additional HMRC compliance staff are due to start training in November this year and the training will inevitably take several months.
Film scheme fails to provide a trading loss
Heather Self and Fiona Fernie discuss the upper tribunal decision in Ingenious Games LLP [2019], the latest instalment in a long-running saga of tax cases relating to film schemes used for tax avoidance. The case illustrates some key points of wider application: What is a trade? The difficulty of overturning a first tier tribunal (FTT) decision on the facts. Impact on strategy in negotiating a settlement.
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