UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses - Further to the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme), reported in the November issue of...more
Quick Summary. The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous country and carries a rich cultural tradition. China is the world’s largest exporter and the second largest economy. A unitary socialist republic,...more
Following on from the announcement in the 2018 Budget, from 1 April 2021 non-UK resident purchasers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland will be subject to a new higher rate of SDLT of 2 percentage points...more
Temporary changes to the statutory residence test for inbound COVID-19 workers - The UK Chancellor has written to the chair of the Treasury Select Committee outlining temporary changes to the statutory residence test...more
UK General Tax Developments - Date set for next UK Budget - The first Budget of the new Conservative government will be held on Wednesday 11 March. There has been significant speculation that there will be a major...more
The Mexican Congress approved with some adjustments the Tax Bill presented by the President on September 8, 2019, that included a proposal of Decree through which various provisions of the Income Tax Law, the Value Added Tax...more
Finance Bill 2019-2020 - The FB19-20 was published on 11 July. The majority of the matters included have been announced previously with no surprise measures. The draft legislation is now open for consultation. We have...more
UK General Tax Developments - HMRC updates guidance on what constitutes "ordinary share capital" - Following the decision by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) in Warshaw V HMRC, reported in our UK tax blog earlier this...more
EU developments - European Court rules that withholding tax exemptions under EU Directives can be denied by abuse of rights principle - At the end of February, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2018 on 29 October 2018. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s negotiations with the European Union concerning Brexit. ...more
General UK Tax Developments - Enterprise management incentive (EMI) options State Aid approval - We referred in the April UK Tax Round Up to the expiry of the EU's State Aid approval for EMI options. Fortunately, this...more
General UK tax developments - Changes to taxation of termination payments - HMRC has updated its Employment Income Manual to reflect the changes to the taxation of termination payments (including payments in lieu of...more
International Tax Developments - BEPS Multilateral Convention signed - On 7 June, officials from more than 60 jurisdictions signed the BEPS Multilateral Convention which will transplant a number of measures in respect...more
On June 23, the UK electorate took the historic decision to leave the European Union, a process that has never been undertaken by any member state. While the vote itself does not trigger the process of exit from a legal...more