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Mark Dunsby v HMRC

It is always interesting when taxpayers attempt to use anti-avoidance legislation to their own advantage. This is a good example. The settlements legislation basically says that a person who sets up a structure can still be taxable on the income even if it is paid to somebody else. Here, matters were so arranged that the person who set up the structure was offshore but the person to whom the income was paid was onshore. The aim was that the income would be treated as that of the offshore person who, being non-resident, would not be taxable. The person receiving the income would therefore