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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

GE Financial Investments: What Determines Residency?

Background - In GE Financial Investments Limited the Court of Appeal (“CoA”) overturned the Upper Tribunal’s (“UT”) decision and held that double taxation relief was not available under the UK-US double tax treaty (the...more

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Consejo de Estado de Colombia: CDI con Reino Unido no activó cláusula de nación más favorecida

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El CDI con Reino Unido no activó cláusula de nación más favorecida de los CDI con España, Suiza y Chile para servicios técnicos, de asistencia técnica y consultoría En Sentencia con Radicado 25411 del 4 de abril de 2024,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Hargreaves Property: What Does the Latest Decision Mean for UK Withholding Tax?

In many respects, the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Hargreaves Property  will not have surprised tax practitioners as the decision reaffirms best practice considerations around a number of fundamental concepts in relation to...more

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New Luxembourg-UK Double Tax Treaty Will Introduce Key Changes Including Access to Treaty Benefits for CIVs / Investment Funds

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Following the Luxembourg parliament’s ratification of the new Luxembourg-UK double tax treaty (“DTT”) on 19 July 2023, the new DTT should take effect in 2024. The UK ratified the new DTT on 7 June 2022....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Hargreaves Property : What Does the Latest Decision Mean for UK Withholding Tax?

In many respects, the Upper Tribunal’s decision in Hargreaves Property will not have surprised tax practitioners as the decision reaffirms best practice considerations around a number of fundamental concepts in relation to UK...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Pin-pointing Residence

The identification of where a company is resident is a critical element in accessing the benefits of a double tax treaty. GE Financial Investments Limited (“GEFI Limited”) was a UK incorporated and tax resident company...more

Hogan Lovells

New double tax treaty between Luxembourg and the UK

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On 19 July 2023, the new convention for the elimination of double taxation (the “New Convention”) between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom (the “Contracting States”) and its protocol were ratified by the Luxembourg Chamber...more

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Delay to Luxembourg-UK treaty changes until 2024 at the earliest

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The changes to the Luxembourg-UK treaty will not be effective until 2024 at the earliest because Luxembourg did not ratify the treaty changes in 2022.  The delay was expected, as trailed in our earlier blog, where we explore...more

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Delay to Luxembourg-UK treaty changes - impact on UK real estate

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Unexpectedly, it is likely the changes to the Luxembourg-UK double tax treaty will not be effective until 2024 at the earliest. Where that is the case, some Luxembourg investors in UK property rich entities will have another...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Burlington Loan Management DAC: Treaty Shopping Provisions Did Not Apply

The UK’s First-tier Tribunal recently held that the payment of interest received by Burlington Loan Management DAC (“BLM”) (an Irish tax resident company) was not to be denied the benefits of the relief afforded under the...more

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Great Fund Insights: The new Luxembourg/United-Kingdom tax treaty has finally been signed!

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More than four yeas after the announcement of negotiations, the new tax treaty between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom was finally signed on 7 June 2022, together with a Protocol adding further detail. ...more

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The new Luxembourg/United-Kingdom tax treaty has been signed.

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More than four years after the announcement of negotiations, the new tax treaty between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom was finally signed on 7 June 2022, together with a Protocol adding further detail. As expected, the new...more

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The UK and Luxembourg Signed A New Double Tax Treaty

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On 7 June 2022, a new Double Tax Treaty (the “DTT”) has been signed between Luxembourg and the United Kingdom (UK) to reflect the most recent OECD tax standard. An additional protocol will replace the tax treaty signed in...more

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Tax changes to Luxembourg structures investing in UK real estate

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The UK and Luxembourg have renegotiated their double tax treaty. The new treaty has been published, but is not yet in force. Significant changes have been made to the capital gains tax article amongst other provisions....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Haworth: Residency Tie-Breaker Tests in a ‘Round the World’ Tax Scheme

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

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U.K., U.S. Reach Competent Authority Agreement on "Equivalent Beneficiary" Status

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The United Kingdom and the U.S. Competent Authorities published on July 28, 2021, a Competent Authority Agreement (the Agreement) under the bilateral U.K.-U.S. Income Tax Treaty (the U.K. Treaty). It provides for purposes of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Partial Brexit? For income tax treaty purposes, US and UK competent authorities vote to remain 

While the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU) last year, the competent authorities of United States and United Kingdom have agreed that the United Kingdom will remain in the EU for purposes of the US-UK Income Tax...more

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COVID-19: OECD updates its guidance on residence and permanent establishments

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From the beginning of the UK’s first lockdown in March of last year we have reported on the impact of the pandemic on individual and corporate tax residence and permanent establishment risk. In April 2020 the OECD...more

Freeman Law

International Tax Treaty: The United Kingdom

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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

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DIAN emite interpretación de Convenios para Evitar la Doble Tributación suscritos por Colombia

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El 13 de diciembre de 2019 entró en vigor el Convenio para Evitar la Doble Tributación entre Colombia y el Reino Unido e Irlanda del Norte y su aplicación en materia de retenciones en la fuente será a partir del 1 de enero de...more

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Amending Protocol to Israel-UK Tax Treaty to Take Effect in Early January 2020

An amending protocol to the 1962 Israel-UK tax treaty is effective as of January 1, 2020. The protocol includes a long list of significant and fundamental amendments and updates to the treaty, among them...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - September 2019

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update takes a close look at recent cases, regulatory activity and other key developments, including a review of the first year of GDPR enforcement, analysis of...more

White & Case LLP

European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

Dechert LLP

"No Deal" Brexit Risk Grows

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The UK House of Commons has rejected the government’s proposed Withdrawal Agreement. Unless the Agreement (or an amended version of it) is approved by the House of Commons, or the Brexit date of 29 March 2019 is postponed or...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2018

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General UK Tax Developments - Finance Bill - The Finance (No 3) Bill 2018-19 (which will become the Finance Act 2019) was published on 7 November and includes legislation to enact the changes highlighted in our UK Budget...more

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