Waqar Ali Shah

Jan 17, 2025 | accountingweb.co.uk | Waqar Ali Shah

The recent increase in investigations undertaken by HMRC, coupled with differing views as to the speed and cost of court litigation for matters that develop into disputes, has led  advisers and taxpayers to consider how best they can robustly defend their position in a cost-effective manner. Rise of mediationUnsurprisingly then, the use of mediation to resolve tax disputes has risen in popularity.

Jan 17, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Waqar Ali Shah

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Sep 3, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Waqar Ali Shah

Pakistani academia - schools, colleges and universities - is largely characterised by linguistic and epistemic hierarchisation. This means, on the one hand, the country's education policy discourse privileges English as a language of instruction in classrooms as compared to local languages; and on the other hand, it mystifies certain ideologies reproduced and legitimised through academic knowledge.

Jun 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Waqar Ali Shah |Krishna Mahajan

Whilst taxpayers have the fundamental right to deduct input tax, HMRC can, in particular circumstances, refuse the taxpayer this right if it can prove that the taxpayer knew or should have known that their transactions were connected to fraud. In the past year, we understand that there has been a significant increase in clients across different sectors receiving correspondence from HMRC to deny the recovery of input tax on the above purported basis.

Mar 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Waqar Ali Shah |Krishna Mahajan

Lawyers and accountants may speak different languages, but when it comes to tax disputes they need to collaborate to get the best result for clients. In the Budget, the Chancellor announced the government’s latest step towards what it calls its intention to raise ‘standards in the tax advice market’. The consultation which is currently open considers a number of possibilities, one of which is regulation by a separate statutory government body.