Issue: Vol 162, Issue 4181

PENNY BATES considers how to maximise tax relief on loans to companies and to purchase shares

JENNY NELDER provides an update on HMRC's current views on goodwill

PHILIP FISHER muses on last week's bank bail-out and some consequences for share incentives

The standards and aims of the HMRC workforce kept cropping up at a CIOT roundtable discussion on the proposed taxpayers charter. DANIEL SELWOOD reports

DAVID BERTRAM looks at tax relief available for investment losses

Tax planning for a company managed from Malta and its directors

VAT and travel expenses

The inheritance tax implications of chargeable events in a trust

Correlating information from several share portfolios for capital gains tax purposes