UK corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion
In HMRC v Burlington Loan Management DAC [2024] UKUT 152 (TCC) (“Burlington”) the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) dismissed HMRC’s appeal, holding that the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) was right to conclude that the anti-abuse provision...more
Welcome to December’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen two interesting decisions on the connections needed for amounts to be taxed as employment income, the latest instalment in the BlueCrest partner...more
Welcome to March’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month’s edition features comments on the recent Spring Budget together with a summary of some recent case law involving VAT due on services provided to ex-VAT group...more
Welcome to the October edition of the UK Tax Round Up. October has been an extraordinary month in the UK, with political turbulence triggering reversals of many of the tax policies announced by the government at the end of...more
Welcome to September’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. In addition to the headline-grabbing 2022 Growth Plan announced by the UK Chancellor, there have been a number of interesting cases this month including the First-tier...more
The UK’s First-tier Tribunal recently considered the application of the “place of effective management” residency tie-breaker test found in double tax treaties in the recent case of Haworth and others v HMRC [2022] UKFTT 34...more
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
UK General Tax Developments - Stamp Duty and COVID-19 - Since the start of the first UK lockdown in March 2020, HMRC has been accepting that documents can be stamped electronically. HMRC has now confirmed that, where...more
Quick Summary. In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering and collecting taxes in the UK. For 2019, HMRC collected $841.19 billion in tax revenue. But it took over 300...more
Current Status: The UK Government is moving ahead with its implementation of the Digital Services Tax ("DST") despite concerns raised by the United States and the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD")...more
UK Tax News and Developments - Government White Paper on Customs Bill - On 9 October, the Government published a White Paper setting out its approach to the introduction of a new customs and VAT regime after the UK...more
The UK Double Tax Treaty Passport (“DTTP”) scheme has recently been extended by HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) to allow both non-corporate borrowers and lenders to enjoy the benefits of the scheme. The aim of the amendments is...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
Budget and Finance Bill - General Election – Finance Bill (No.2) 2017 Curtailed - The Finance (No.2) Bill received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017, becoming the Finance Act 2017. However, as a result of Theresa May...more
Welcome to the Tax Round Up, the first edition of what will be a regular bulletin highlighting the latest tax developments relevant to UK companies and asset managers. We plan to produce this monthly with the next one in...more
After numerous UK tax changes affecting asset managers over the past few years – not least the wholesale re-vamping of the tax treatment of carried interest and other fund participations for investment fund managers – the UK...more
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s recent Summer Budget and the related legislation introduced a series of unexpected tax changes along with the promise of further changes to come. Shortly after the Summer Budget was issued...more
Skadden held a webinar on September 14, 2015, to discuss certain key aspects of the U.K. Supreme Court decision in Anson v. HMRC, with a focus on potential ramifications for multinational groups including Delaware LLCs (and...more
We reported earlier this year on the UK Supreme Court’s decision in HMRC v Anson, in which it was held that a UK taxpayer, Mr. Anson, was entitled to claim relief against his UK tax liabilities for US tax paid on his share of...more
Fundamental to any developed tax policy is knowing who the taxpayer is (or should be) with respect to any particular transaction. Although that can be relatively straightforward in purely domestic situations, a cross-border...more
Executive Summary - Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has now published its response to the U.K. Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Anson v HMRC. The response confirms that HMRC will continue its existing practice...more
Supreme Court rules in favour of taxpayer in landmark case regarding UK tax treatment of Delaware LLCs. On 1 July 2015, the UK Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited ruling in the case of Anson v Commissioners for Her...more
In its July 1, 2015 decision in the case of Anson v. HM Revenue & Customs (2015 UKSC 44), the Supreme Court of England and Wales ruled that a Delaware limited liability company was “transparent” for UK income tax purposes. A...more
The French 3 Percent Distribution Tax: Claiming a Refund - Since December 2012, French companies have been liable for a 3 percent tax on distributions to their shareholders (3 Percent Tax), but practitioners have widely...more
Delaware LLC held to be UK tax transparent - The UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment on the final appeal in the Anson case, in which it treated a taxpayer's interest in a Delaware LLC as transparent for UK tax...more