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UK Supreme Court confirms no deduction for expenses related to share and asset sale

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On 16 July 2024, the UK Supreme Court (SC) published its judgment in the case of Centrica Overseas Holdings Ltd (COHL) v HMRC. The ruling addresses the issue of whether professional advisory fees incurred in contemplation of...more

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UK Election Bulletin: What would a Labour government mean for businesses?

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Overview - On 22 May 2024, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he had requested permission from King Charles III to dissolve parliament and call a general election. The election will take place on 4 July 2024....more

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Changes to Notification Requirements for EMI Options Granted On or After April 6

Companies granting enterprise management incentive (EMI) options to their UK tax resident employees are reminded they must notify HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of the awards. Failure to do so means that the option is not EMI...more

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Spring Budget 2024 - Will We See Material Reform?

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Budgets are normally stories of two halves. The first half contains the headline-grabbing tax policy reforms that can be encapsulated in a snappy soundbite in the Budget speech, such as “Chancellor scraps the non-dom regime”....more

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The Diverted Profits Tax & Royalty Withholding Tax: Impacts on Intellectual Property Licenses and Transactions

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The Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) has been a significant area of focus for taxpayers and tax authorities in the UK and Australia. The tax targets specific situations in which taxable profits are alleged to have been “diverted”...more

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UK Budget 2023 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2023 on 15 March 2023. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop of some familiar political headwinds, caused by the lengthy shockwaves of...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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UK Growth Plan ('Mini-Budget') 2022

On 23 September 2022, the UK Government announced a number of significant tax changes in its Growth Plan (widely referred to in the media as a ‘Mini-Budget’). Here are ten key takeaways, of particular relevance to our...more

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UK Tax Round Up - May 2022

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Welcome to May's edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting court decisions, an important opinion of the European Commission’s Advocate General and the commencement of a Treasury consultation...more

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A Step Forward for a Corporate Re-domiciliation Regime for the UK

On 12 April 2022, the UK Government published a summary of responses to the consultation on a corporate re-domiciliation regime. We have previously covered the proposed consultation when it was announced as part of the UK...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2021

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Welcome to November’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen publication of the Finance Bill 2021-22 (what will become the Finance Act 2022) including draft legislation for the basis period reform, UK asset...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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G7 Tax Agreement Marks Significant Step Toward Global Tax Reform

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The agreement builds on the two-pillar approach outlined by the OECD and aims to tackle the challenges arising from an increasingly globalized and digital economy. Key Points: ..Under Pillar One, the largest and most...more

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Taxes — Not So Certain After All? HMRC Looks to Mind the Gap

The size of the UK's 'legal interpretation tax gap' is a matter of increasing concern to the government, so much so that it has now published its second consultation on the topic. A 'legal interpretation tax gap' arises where...more

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UK Proposes Securitization Tax Reform

On March 23, 2021, the UK Government announced a public consultation focused on the clarification and reform of the UK’s tax regime for securitization companies....more

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UK Budget 2021

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The UK has now been in lockdown, on and off, for the best part of a year. With the COVID-19 vaccination programme now in full swing in the UK, and hopefully with light at the end of tunnel, attention has inevitably turned to...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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New OTS report recommends changes to UK’s capital gains tax regime

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The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published its first report following its review of certain aspects of the UK’s capital gains tax regime requested by the Chancellor in July this year with the specific purpose of...more

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UK Tax Round Up - January 2020

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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

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Latest on Abolition of Entrepreneurs’ Relief

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There has been much talk recently about “review and reform” (or abolition) of entrepreneurs’ relief. This seems to have moved a step closer this week with Boris Johnson stating that the Treasury are “fulminating” against it...more

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Simplification of UK Partnership Tax Reporting for Investment Fund Partnerships

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In the Finance Act 2018, the UK Government enacted a number of changes to the information required in partnership returns that raised the concern of undue and impracticable administrative burden being imposed on UK investment...more

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European Tax Update January 2019

We set out below a recap of some of the key European and international tax developments to note at the start of 2019. This alert provides a brief summary of the following...more

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International Taxation in the Digital Era: The Rapidly Evolving European Perspective

Europe’s politicians worry that international tax rules have not kept pace with the digital economy and too easily allow multinationals to organize their global operations to minimize net taxable profits in high-tax European...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2017

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UK Tax News and Developments - The OTS publishes its report "Value added tax: routes to simplification" - On 7 November, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its first report on VAT, which included a range...more

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