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Ascertaining the Purpose of a Loan Relationship

The UK has specific corporate tax rules on the taxation of loan relationships (parts 5 and 6 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (the “Loan Relationship Regime”). The Loan Relationship Regime contains wide-ranging anti-avoidance...more

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Tax Court: As to Listed Transaction, IRS Must Adhere to APA

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the IRS was confronted with a proliferation of corporate transactions that it viewed as aggressive tax shelters. Relying on the authority Congress delegated through Section 6011(a), the IRS...more

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Restructuring Plans and Tax Liabilities A More Assertive HMRC

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Companies must approach HMRC with suitable care when proposing a restructuring plan, mindful of lessons learned from recent case law. Ever since unpaid taxes due to HMRC were “crammed down” pursuant to a restructuring plan...more

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Directors Duties Post-Sequana More Light at the End of the Tunnel

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A recent decision has helped to frame the tests articulated by the Supreme Court in Sequana. The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Sequana[2022] UKSC 25.leaves many unanswered questions, and finding a common thread...more

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Dividend income is excluded from the EBITDA for the purpose of the Spanish interest limitation rule

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The Spanish interest limitation rule establishes that net financial expenses are deductible for Spanish Corporate Income Tax ("CIT”) purposes with the annual limit of the higher of (i) 30% of the Tax EBITDA (as defined in the...more

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Volatile Reaction to UK “Mini-Budget”

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Bank of England market intervention after presentation of tax package - On 23 September, the new U.K. Government conducted the emergency fiscal event it had scheduled when taking power at the beginning of the month. Many...more

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Tax Avoidance or Not: Restructuring of Multinational Group Companies with use of Intra-group Loan — Deductibility of Interest...

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Transactions within a corporate group can sometimes achieve reduction of tax obligations, regardless of whether or how much such result was intended. One typical way observed is to extend an international intra-group loan by...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Federal Budget 2022: Tax Highlights

On April 7, 2022 (Budget Day), the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance, delivered the Liberal Party’s federal budget (Budget 2022), the second budget since the start of the...more

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The UK’s Autumn Budget 2021 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (UK) Autumn Budget for 2021 on 27 October 2021. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s ongoing recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the...more

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UK Autumn Budget 2021 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Autumn Budget for 2021 on 27 October 2021. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s ongoing recovery from the Covid‑19 pandemic and the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.8.2021 | Top Story: Tesla Makes Good on Threat to Move HQ from Cali to Texas

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Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what analysts are looking for in the numbers, with the Delta variant’s impact on the recovery still looming large - MarketWatch and NYTimes and WSJ and Bloomberg Elon Musk & Co. are decamping from...more

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UK Tax Round Up - June 2021

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UK Case Law Developments - Income tax consequences of pension-related payments in E.ON v HMRC - E.ON v HMRC concerned a large UK power and gas supplier, which paid certain lump sum payments, called “facilitation...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.14.2021 | Top Story: Whistleblowers Allege Private Equity Games U.S. Tax System

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The Times digs into what it’s calling private equity’s “conquer[ing of] the American tax system”—where “slight-of-hand tax-avoidance strategies” are so “aggressive” and pervasive that “at least three private equity officials...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The UK Government and HMRC's Efforts to Clamp Down on Promoters of Tax Avoidance

Tax avoidance is the process of manipulating tax rules to reduce the amount of tax payable and obtaining a financial advantage that was never the intention of the legislation. A typical example of tax avoidance involves the...more

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Canadian Budget Proposes New Cross-border Interest Deductibility Limit

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The 2021 Canadian Federal Budget, released on April 19, 2021, proposes new rules that would fundamentally alter the interest deductibility landscape for Canadian businesses. The thrust of the new rules (referred to herein as...more

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UK Tax Round Up - March 2021

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Spring Budget and Tax Day - After months of speculation about the possibility that capital gains tax (CGT) rates would be increased in the Spring Budget, both it and the government’s follow up “Tax Day” on 23 March passed...more

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UK Tax Round Up - February 2021

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UK Case Law Developments - EIS relief not available for shares carrying preferential rights - The Upper Tribunal (UT) in Foojit v HMRC dismissed the taxpayer’s appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s (FTT’s) decision...more

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Restoration of Crown Preference and Erosion of the English Floating Charge

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With effect from December 1, 2020, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs ("HMRC") ranks ahead of floating charge holders and unsecured creditors with respect to recovering certain pre-insolvency taxes from an insolvent business...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2020

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UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for employed and self-employed workers - On 5 November, the UK Chancellor announced the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme) to the end...more

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UK Budget 2020 - Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2020 on 11 March 2020. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop that very few people could have anticipated at the commencement of the year....more

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UK Budget 2020: Tax Perspectives

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Today, UK’s Chancellor announced the first post-Brexit Budget, a fiscal stimulus package of £30 billion. As expected from the Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto, there are no changes to the headline rates of...more

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AB 2570: Déjà vu All over Again as California Attempts to Amend CFCA

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California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, and Assembly Member Mark Stone have again advanced legislation that would amend the California False Claims Act (CFCA) to enlist private bounty hunters to go after California...more

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UK Tax Round Up - May 2019

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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

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Business Measures in 2019 Federal Budget

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The 2019 Canadian federal budget was released on March 19, 2019 (Budget Day). As many of the proposals are aimed at investing in Canada’s middle class, the Budget was relatively light on proposals affecting businesses....more

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European Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive Goes into Effect January 1, 2019

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Background on the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive - On January 1, 2019, the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (“ATAD”) went into effect for all 28 Member States. ATAD is the European Commission’s response to the relevant Action...more

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