Keith M Gordon MA(Oxon) FCA CTA(Fellow)

Keith is available:

• to appear in all Courts and Tribunals or
• to provide written opinions and to advise in a meeting ('in conference') or over the telephone. 
• For a summary of Keith's recent Court appearances, click here.

Other recent work includes:

Procedural issues

• Ensuring unlawful discovery assessments are vacated
• Challenging excessive information notices
• Advising on closure notices

Income tax and NICs

• Advice on personal residence and domicile
• Applicability of the settlements legislation
• Considering relevance of IR35 legislation to proposed arrangement
• Advising on inappropriate use of benefits code by HMRC
• Challenging HMRC assertion that PAYE must be operated by non-resident company
• Arguing status of workers as non-employees
• Advising on effect of share-scheme rules to proposed sale of shares by directors
• Advising on availability of loan interest relief following sale of business
• Status of payments from employee trusts
• Applicability of the transactions in securities provisions

Capital gains tax (and corporation tax on corporate gains)

• Determining the timing of a disposal under a contract
• Advising on effectiveness of cross options
• Determining the allowable expenditure
• Advising on availability of main residence exemption
• Transfers between spouses
• Development of site in garden

Corporation tax

• Advising on availability of substantial shareholding exemption
• Looking at application of substantial donors exemption
• Considering applicability of intangible fixed assets regime
• Applicability of the transactions in securities provisions
• Definition of distributions

Inheritance tax

• Considering the availability of business property relief
• Dealing with transfers of value from close companies

Value added tax

• Advising on triangulation (3-party contracts, intra-EU supplies)
• Advising on VAT treatment on proposed surrender of lease
• Dealing with interaction of Halifax and Lennartz principles
• Recoverability of VAT on legal expenses

Keith has also advised in matters relating to:
alleged professional negligence
partnership disputes involving accountants
alleged negligence of staff provided by recruitment agencies
claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
employment law.

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