HMRC scores against Glasgow Rangers in Supreme Court

07 July 2017

Anjana Haines

HMRC has triumphed in its five-year dispute with Scottish football club Glasgow Rangers over the use of employee benefit trusts (EBTs) to avoid taxation. The case gives the UK tax authority a golden ticket to go after other individuals and companies that have used similar structures, but not all cases are likely to be easy wins for the tax authority.