Issue: Vol 162, Issue 4181

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

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

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

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

VAT and travel expenses

Tax planning for a company managed from Malta and its directors

Correlating information from several share portfolios for capital gains tax purposes

The inheritance tax implications of chargeable events in a trust